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- 5th - 6th
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Students examine anatomic structures in order to identify insects from other living organisms. They gain a level of comfort from anxiety when observing and handling live and pinned insects. They create clay models of an insect. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students perform a series of investigations about insects. They examine live insects, explore insect-related websites, develop scientific journals and design educational brochures. They research the study of insects as a career. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students discover the characteristics of insects. They explore insects through cooperative learning, group projects, hands on activities, and poetry. They gain knowledge of insect life cycles, habitat, and physical characteristics. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students use the Internet to examine insects and their relatives. They participate in online games and discover insect recipes. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students, in groups, classify common Utah insects. They consider characteristics used in classification such as structure and function and create classification keys for their groupings. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students examine physical characteristics of insects, contrast insects and spiders, compare how different insects move, and create their own insects. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students select, collect, and classify various insects by constructing an apparatus from materials that aid in the capture and containment of the insect. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students participate in a series of activities in order to explore the diversity of insects. They explore how insects are grouped and categorized. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students complete a unit on insects and spiders. They explore various websites, identify and label spider and insect body parts, compare/contrast spiders and insects, identify five butterfly or moth species found in their state, and describe an ant colony. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students explore insects. They collect insects from three different sites. Students observe and identify the insects by viewing the insects with magnifying lens Students look for the presence of wings, an abdomen, hind legs and the shape of the fore-wings. They record their observations and sketch drawings of insects. Full Review »

