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- 2nd
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Students create a Venn diagram showing the difference between spiders and insects. They explain the characteristics of insect such as size, body parts, movement and habitats. They design a three-dimensional insect and investigate butterflies. 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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- 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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- 3rd - 5th
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Students work together to write about and label the parts of an insect's body. Using the internet, they identify the characteristics of insects and spiders. They use virtual pictures of insects to write facts about each body part and their function. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students create symmetrical examples of insects and spiders using basic Art skills in this Visual Art lesson for the fourth grade classroom. Emphasis is placed on world art practices involving nature. This lesson can be used within a unit of study. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students begin their introduction to spiders by sharing what they already know about them. In groups, they compare and contrast spiders to insects and label a diagram of their body parts. They discuss a spider's role in an ecosystem and examine their life cycle. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students inspect several different specimens of insects and spiders to determine characteristics that are similar and different between the two groups. They identify the basic body structure of spiders and insects and then predict where they might live and what they would eat according to the body parts. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students explore the ways in which animals differ. They discuss the characteristics of insects and spiders. Students identify the characteristics of insects and spiders. They compare and contrast insects and spiders. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students study insects and spiders, and answer questions about the insects they have studied. They complete an insect word search, praying mantis color sheet, and spider and insect Venn diagram. They finish up with a trip to the local zoo to see the insects on display. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students explore the world of insects and discover what it might be like to live like one. They create an insect with physical characteristics and demonstrate how it moves. Students also compare and contrast insects to spiders and how different insects move, jump, fly, crawl, or swim. Finally, they search for insects in their home or outside with their family. Full Review »
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