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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Spiders All Over

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over different types of spiders, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
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Other

Harry's Big Adventure: Lesson Plans: Spider and Insect Detectives

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson plans that include group activities and handouts to introduce students to the differences between spiders and insects.
Article
Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Hey! A Black Widow Spider Bit Me!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read this article to learn about the black widow spider, one of six poisonous kinds of spiders in the United States.
Article
Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Hey! A Brown Recluse Spider Bit Me!

For Students 3rd - 8th
The brown recluse spider is one of six poisonous kinds of spiders in the United States. Read this article for kids to learn more about this venomous spider.
Article
Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Hey! A Scorpion Stung Me!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Scorpions are about three inches long with eight legs and a small pair of claws that look like crabs' claws. Read all about them in this article.
Article
Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Hey! A Tarantula Bit Me!

For Students 3rd - 8th
A tarantula is a black, hairy spider that is about two to three inches long. Learn all about spiders and tarantulas in this article for kids.
Article
Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Hey! A Chigger Bit Me!

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you get bit by a chigger, the bite will be very itchy! Learn more about these tiny mites in this article for kids.
Handout
University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky: European Red Mite

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource with information on the red mite including management in relation to farming.
Activity
Burke Museum

Burke Museum: Spider Identification

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Arachnology section of the Burke Museum, this site corrects false conceptions associated with identifying spiders.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Calls of the Wild: Spider Sounds

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the communication rituals of insects and other arachnids by constructing a device capable of detecting minuscule impacts of cricket feet.
Handout
Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Phylum Arthropoda

For Students 9th - 10th
This general overview of the arthropod phylum, which includes insects and arachnids, looks at such topics as body symmetry, appendages, movement, respiratory and nervous systems, and reproduction.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Tarantula

For Students 1st - 9th
Investigate the arachnid Tarantula which is a large harry eight-legged poisonous spider.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Scorpions

For Students 1st - 9th
All information about scorpions can be found on this website. These arachnids have eight legs, pincers, and a stinger on their tail that can poison.
Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Spooky Spiders

For Teachers K - 1st
This simple lesson plan is designed to introduce young young scholars to the characteristics of a spider and to classify whether a spider is an insect or an arachnid by analyzing its characteristics.
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Everyday Mysteries: Spiders and Their Webs

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wondered how spiders avoid getting stuck in their own webs? Check out this excellent explanation.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Arthropod

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on arthropods, the largest phylum of animals. Includes scientific classification chart and image.
Handout
University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky: Common Spiders

For Students 9th - 10th
Find concise information that chronicles common spiders found around homes and buildings. Several descriptions and pictures are included on this site.
Handout
University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky: Brown Recluse Spider

For Students 9th - 10th
Webpage reference on the brown recluse spider which is more poisonous than a black widow and is more often found infesting homes and businesses.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Pseudoscorpions O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about pseudoscorpions.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: White Tailed Spider O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Turn over this interactive card and start learning bite-size pieces of useful information about the white-tailed spider, such as their diet and physical characteristics.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Calling All Spiders!

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different types of spiders found in North America. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Watch Out for Ticks

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares nonfiction information about ticks. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A Special Spider

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the wolf spider. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: A Detailed Description of the Anatomy of Spiders

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes anatomical features of a spider, including its external structure, eyes, mouth parts, digestive system, circulatory system, respiratory system, nervous system, reproductive system, and its spinnerets.

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