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Hopper Circus
Students explore biology by participating in an insect identification activity. For this grasshopper lesson, students discuss the types of insects who jump high and identify their anatomical parts. Students collect a group of "hopper"...
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Hop To It!
Young scholars explore grasshoppers. For this grasshoppers lesson, students measure the jumping distance of live grasshoppers. Young scholars then record the jumping distance of people in their group. Students record the distances and...
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Crickets on the Hearth
Students investigate how crickets behave in cold temperatures. In this life science lesson, students explain the beneficial and harmful effect of pests. They research ways to properly manage them.
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Hopper Herding
Students explore biology by examining insects up close. In this grasshopper and cricket lesson, students discuss the types of insects that can jump and why it is important they are able to do so. Students examine a grassy field with...
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What Is An Insect?
Learners 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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Peregrine Falcon
Young environmentalists study the effects that pesticides have on birds, such as the peregrine falcon. They also look at predator/prey interactions. Some wonderful in-class activities accompany an inventive instructional activity. After...
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Bug's Eye View
Learners explore biology by writing fictitious stories in class. In this insect life activity, students identify many different types of insects in the animal kingdom and the classifications they fall into. Learners collect insects on a...
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Interesting Insects
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.