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What Is An Insect?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students find and classify insects. They collect insects, study them with a hand lens and identify its body parts. Afterwards, they discus various types of insects and thier Orders such as beetles, butterflies and moths, grasshoppers, etc.
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Finding Animals That Are the Same

For Teachers Pre-K
In this classifying worksheet, students circle the picture of an animal in each of 6 rows that matches the animal in the box at the beginning of each row. They see realistic clip art pictures of dogs, fish, moths, horses, and rabbits.
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A Lovely Captive

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct a habitat which allows them to observe the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. They place a plate on the bottom of the cylinder to serve as a landing platform. They use the cage for keeping adult...
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Sublimation

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students investigate sublimation and deposition using moth balls and toilet bowl freshener. In this sublimation lesson plan, students make a water bath and use two small beakers inside 2 larger beakers with moth balls in one and toilet...
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Going Buggy!

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils study bugs over a four week period.  For this insect collection of activities, students observe insects covering basic science concepts and skills, such as classification, observation, and responses to habitat.  Pupils develop a...
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Insects

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research an insect and creates a brochure on that selected insect. Each student develops a Venn Diagram comparing similarities and differences between moths and butterflies.
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Evidence of Evolution by Natural Selection - Testable Hypotheses

For Teachers 11th - 12th
The factors that affect selection and evolution are investigated here. Information about some common ancestry examples are given but with no real scientific evidence. This presentation is very obvious in making biased claims about...
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Phonics Diagraph

For Teachers 1st
This simple presentation is designed for very young readers who are just starting to learn their consonant blend sounds. Pictures of a shark, a chicken, a whale, and a moth help introduce these blends.
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Of Mice and Moths

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study the concept that genetic variation of offspring contributes to population control. They create a presentation showing natural selection and survival of the fittest.
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Butterfly/Moth Poster

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students learn how to identify which species of dragonflies or butterflies are found in their County by learning to read the Odonata or Lepidoptera checklist to find the scientific names; they also search field guides and the Internet...
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Adopt-An-Insect

For Students 6th - 8th
In this biology worksheet, students locate examples of various types of insects listed in the chart and receive a point value for each according to its significance. Then they identify body parts and habitat for each item.
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Natural Selection

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct a working definition of the word "evolution," and list the key points of Darwin's theory of natural selection. They create paper moths to help them explain the importance of camouflage and how it relates to natural...
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Spelling List: Level 2, Set #15A

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling skills instructional activity, students examine the words zebra, moths, oxygen, title, wise, friends, spend, wishes, needle, and stood. Students complete flashcard, alphabetical order, sentence, word search, and word...
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Caterpillar, Caterpillar How Do You Grow?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students work in small groups of three or four to create books based on the Eric Carle books studied. Topics may include tadpoles, guppies, people, moths, and plants. Media used may include Kid Pix, sound recordings, art pieces,...
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Thump Your Thinker

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss how t and h together make one sound and then make the sound while examining the mouth movement associated with it. They listen for the sounds in sentences that are read to them before making words with the Elkonin...
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Desert Creepy Crawlies- Research Skills

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this science worksheet, students research information about 4 desert animals and write facts on the lines. Students write information about the Hercules Beetle, Harvester Ants, Giant Red Velvet Mites and Yucca Moths.
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Diversity and Dialogue

Communication and Trust-Building Exercises

For Teachers 3rd - 10th Standards
Help learners build trust and develop verbal and non-verbal communication skills with a variety of interactive activities outlined in this resource.
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Natural Selection and the Evolution of Darwin's Finches

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Darwin explained the connection between species of finches 150 years before scientists understood DNA. Technology and progressing science proved he was right, yet many struggle to understand how natural selection happens. Scholars use...
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Bugs

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word search worksheet, students solve a word search by locating thirty words related to bugs. The word list includes moth and roach.
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Pollen & Pollination

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify the different ways things are pollinated and how to manage pollen.  In this pollination lesson plan students complete an experiment on how moths pollinate flowers.
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Rainforest Animals – Camouflage and Coloring for Protection

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners explain why animals need to blend in with their surrounding. In this environmental science lesson, students create moth paper models to simulate animals hidden in the rainforests. They make a bulletin board display about what...
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It's (Not) Just a Bug

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore, examine and reflect on challenges facing produce farmers. They study about invasive species and how they affect the agricultural industry by reading and discussing the article "Tiny but Hungry, Moth May Peril California...
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Household Pests

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover the various habitat requirements for assorted household pests from ants to wasps. They conduct various activities including researching the life cycles moths, cockroaches, and mosquitoes
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Design a Butterfly

For Teachers K
Students access prior knowledge of butterflies.  In this butterfly lesson, students create butterflies and compare and contrast their butterflies. Students describe the various body parts.

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