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Insects Word Wall

For Teachers K - 1st
In this vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 40 word and picture cards to learn the names of common insects. One set is in color, the other is black and white. These cards are intended to be used on a word wall.
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'Don't Let the Bugs Bite' Word Search

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this bugs word search worksheet, students locate and identify 25 insect-related words within the word search puzzle.
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'Don't Let the Bugs Bite' Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this bug vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 12 listed insects to the appropriate sentences that describe each of them.
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Inspecting The School

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Keep your eyes peeled for pests! Here, scholars inspect their campus for signs of living things such as insects and rodents. Upon observation, class members record their findings and present the information to their peers.  
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Science Workshops

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Based on the popular Writer's Workshops used in language arts, Science Workshops can be used to teach both science content and process.
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Creepy, Crawly Critters

For Teachers K - 4th
Students study characteristics of insects by creating models from an assortment of materials. They create rubrics showing what an insect must have and create an insect, using a bag of materials. They cut out the puzzle insects included...
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How to Use Classroom Animals to Spark Life Science Inquiry

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Use low maintenance classroom pets to get your students engaged in life science inquiry investigations.
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Breaking News English: Bees

For Students 5th - 10th
In this bees learning exercise, learners read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Insects!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the diet of insects. In this "insects" biology lesson, students take a nature walk and collect various natural materials they think may be eaten by insects. Students sort and classify these materials into three diet...
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City Animals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify some of the most important native and introduced species of animals in the United States. They describe how animals populations of cities have changed over time, outline the benefits and problems associated with...
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Kenya Bees Save Elephants

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students read, analyze and critique a newspaper article about a new study that helps to save Kenyan elephants. They assess key vocabulary terms found within the article, answer a variety of comprehension questions and then create a...
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Word Choice - Exercise 1: Their, There, and They're

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
They're going to their house over there. Ah, those pesky homophones! Use this set of 20 fill-in-the-blank questions to assess your classes' skills with the three words there, their, and they're. Practice makes perfect!
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Commas exercise 5

For Students 4th - 6th
In this constructing complete sentences instructional activity, students read parts of sentences including words and punctuation marks and rearrange them to create complete sentences. Students write twenty answers.
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Breaking News English: Climate Change

For Students 5th - 10th
In this climate change worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Insect or Spider?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students compare and contrast the difference between insects and spiders. After a brief class discussion, students complete an activity matching the body parts of an insect and the body parts of a spider. Worksheet with answer key is...
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Taxonomy Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars act as a taxonomist and, given a certain situation, classify existing organisms.
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Living Fossils

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the term living fossil and examine why some of the reasons they survived.  In this fossils activity students form a hypothesis and use data to see if it is accurate. 
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EPA Pesticides Reduction

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students examine the effects of pesticides on the environment and bugs. They answer questions as an assessment.
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Music - Lesson 16 - Songs

For Teachers 1st
First graders determine that Spanish is the language spoken in Mexico before singing a number of Mexicans songs. They make maracas to use while singing Mexican songs. They sing the song, "La Cucaracha," in English realizing that it is a...
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City Animals

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, conduct research, including interviews of people in various animal related occupations, to identify and describe how animal populations of cities have changed over time, to outline the benefits and problems...
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Arthropod Mouth Parts and Food

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the different types of mouths arthropods have for eating various types of food. Given photographs of the different types of arthropods, students identify which mouth they have and what type of food they can eat with...
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"Go Fish" Comprehension Questions- Chapter 2

For Students 4th
For this literacy comprehension question worksheet, 4th graders write the answers to 10 questions about chapter 2 of the book "Go Fish." They answer using complete sentences.
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Eyewitness Insect Video Quiz

For Students 5th - 7th
In this insect worksheet, students answer 12 multiple choice questions after watching a video about insects. Topics include structures of insects, characteristics of insects, termites, crickets and beetles and the process of metamorphosis.
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Explorit's Animal Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this animals worksheet, learners complete a five question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about animals. This quiz has questions about mammals, insects and birds.

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