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The Honeybee Life Cycle

For Students 3rd
In this the honeybee life cycle worksheet, 3rd graders study the diagram of 6 stages in a honeybee's life, then fill in 3 short answer questions.
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Little Bees, Big Potential

For Teachers 6th - 9th
After reading an article on the alfalfa leafcutting bee, learners chart its characteristics alongside those of the honeybee. Then they draw the leafcutter lifecycle. The article provides fascinating reading when studying the role of...
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A Bug's Life

For Students 6th - 8th
In this biology worksheet, learners create a presentation for a museum about the children they encounter during their journey as an insect. They identify the types of food the insect eats and its habitat. Students also describe their...
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Bug Work

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the life cycles of insects and how they interact with each other in the prairie to create a healthy ecosystem and viable food chain. They list animals or insects in their own community that are similar to the prairie...
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Reading Adventure Pack: Bees

For Parents 3rd Standards
A Reading Adventure pack explores the busy life of bees. After reading a fiction and nonfiction text, scholars complete three hands-on activities. Participants invent a robot that can do the work of bees, cheers to hardworking bees with...
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Life Cycle of Trees

For Students 4th - 5th
For this Life Cycle of Trees worksheet, students read one page about the life cycle of a trees. Students define 12 terms from the reading.
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Are You an Ant?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate different insects in their backyard. In this insect lesson, students read the book Are You and Ant? and apply the reading to their backyards. Students create a list of animals that begin with the the letter A an make...
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Just Bee-Tween Flowers!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners examine the major plant and bee parts and the interdependency between bees and fast plants. They observe and record the stages of growth of fast plants, take photos of the plant's life cycle, and cross-pollinate plants.
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Those Busy, Buzz'n Worker Bees

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students research information on worker bees. In this insect lesson, students review the body parts of insects and how bees find flowers. They discuss compound and simple eyes and the life cycle of a worker bee.
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Plant Life Cycle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this exploring the processes from seed to reproduction of a plant online interactive worksheet, students read a passage explaining the plant life cycle and answer multiple choice questions about what they read. Students choose 8 answers.
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Sowing Seeds: the Beginning of the Fast Plant Life Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students plant seeds, observe and tend plants. They identify major plant parts, how to germinate and troubleshoot problems with plants; and, that plants need water, light, and soil nutrients to thrive. They create a Plant Growth Data Log.
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The World of Insects and Spiders

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars identify numerous insects and their body parts.  In this insect life lesson, students practice using scientific vocabulary while comparing the different parts of spiders and insects.  Young scholars view several videos...
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Pumpkin, Pumpkin

For Teachers 1st
First graders understand that pumpkins grow slowly over several months. In this pumpkin lesson plan, 1st graders listen to the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin and recall the sequence of the pumpkin life cycle. Students create pumpkin artwork...
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Interesting Insects

For Teachers 2nd
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.
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Insects

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study the characteristics and basic needs of insects. They compare and describe similarities among insects. They examine the body structure, covering, and movement of insects and also, examine insect life cycles in this unit of...
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Observing Leaves and Flower Buds

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe the first true leaves and the buds on their Brassica plants and record their observations in both words and pictures. They also observe two major developments: the true leaves and the flower buds and record their...
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Why Are Bees Important?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify and analyze pollination and how bees play an important part in the life cycle of flowering plants. They also identify the process of plant pollination and how bees play an important part in the life cycle of flowering...
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Conservation in Small Spaces: Butterfly Life cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss ways that butterflies and moths change during their lifecycles, observe caterpillars, and explore how their different body parts work.
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Insects Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology

For Teachers 2nd Standards
A read-aloud anthology explores the world of bees, wasps, beetles, termites, ants, fireflies, and more. Scholars listen to stories and discuss topics and practice word work. Extension opportunities keep the learning going in and out of...
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Cyber Bee Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners research bees. In this organisms lesson, students participate in a WebQuest to gather information about bees. Learners research the different kinds of bees, their body parts, and how they communicate. There is an included...
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Plants Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology

For Teachers K Standards
A 190-page anthology explores the life and parts of plants, flowers, and trees while boosting reading comprehension skills. Literature and informational texts showcase Johnny Appleseed and George Washington Carver. Lessons follow the...
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It's Raining, It's Pouring: The Water Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate the relationship of the steps in the water cycle, and create a simulation of the water cycle in a jar.
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Science: Bees: An Interdisciplinary Approach

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the world of bees and describe their characteristics. by identifying the bees' parts, they demonstrate how these parts function. In the lab, students dissect bees and view the various parts under microscopes. ...
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POLLINATION DEMONSTRATION

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the terms pollen and pollination. They use appropriate vocabulary in describing their investigations, explorations, and observations (e.g., stem, pistil, stamen, flower). They describe, using their observations,...

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