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- 9th - 12th
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Students observe insects in the home and landscape, identify helpful and harmful insects, and distinguish between definitions of pest, predator, prey, host, parasite, parasitoid and pathogen. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students go on a nature walk to search for insects. They choose their favorite bug and make a snack from a recipe that's given. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students discuss insects. They talk about the ethics of collecting bugs and go to a nearby park to do some collecting. They see how to use a field guide or the citybugs web page to identify bugs they collect. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students identify several beneficial insects and spiders, including predators and pollinators. They search an outdoor environment and record numbers and types of beneficial insects and spiders that they discover. 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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- 4th
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Students find bugs represented on a grid and then identify their name and physical characteristics that provide a picture of the bug using imagery. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students examine insects and identify physical characteristics of insects. They perform observations of insects, then use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to answer questions about them. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students study the characteristics of an insect and use their newly discovered knowledge to invent their own insect. They go on a class bug hunt, using the tools and supplies that biologists use when they go out in the field. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students study the characteristics of insects including the use of camouflage, and identify a variety of insects. They create an insect, and make a bug catcher after viewing video. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students observe and record information about bugs. They classify bugs by identifying major structures common to them. They use technology to find out about the parts of a bug's body and examine how living things interact with or cause changes to their environment. They create a written or drawn response to demonstrate what they have learnid about insects and bugs. Full Review »

