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490 Insects and bugs Lesson Plans

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Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
1st - 3rd
Rating
3 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
6th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
4th - 8th
Rating
3 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
Kindergarten
Rating
4 Stars

Students examine physical characteristics of insects, contrast insects and spiders, compare how different insects move, and create their own insects. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th
Rating
3 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 3rd
Rating
3 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
Kindergarten
Rating
5 Stars

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 »

[PDF] Don't Bug Me
Grade Range
Kindergarten - 2nd
Rating
3 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 4th
Rating
4 Stars

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 »