Students study the effect of pesticides on plants and insects. In this gardening lesson, students discuss the importance of insects. They define pesticides, evaluate their effectiveness and the problems they might cause. Students...

Students identify insect body parts and look for local insect life. They create an insect using recycled material and design a classroom mural with bug facts. They study Monarch butterflies and dragonflies.

Learners participate in a theme study while teaching primary students basic skills according to Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals in Reading, Math, and Writing. The instructional activity is concerned primarily with the concept of...

In this counting practice learning exercise, 1st graders count the number of bees and circle or color the correct number that corresponds to the sum.

To celebrate art youth month, little ones get out the magnifying glasses and get close-up with bugs. They make scientific observations of bugs you bring into the classroom. Then, they use markers, clay, paint, or crayons to make artistic...

Students explore the metamorphosis of an insect as it changes from an egg to pupa to an adult. the process of change is observed, recorded, and transformed into a life cycle picture.

What animals says meow, and which creature has eight legs? Test your German language learners' knowledge of animals with a quick crossword puzzle. Also included are eleven additional crossword puzzles with topics that range from food to...

Sixth graders explore the concept of biodiversity.  In this biodiversity lesson, 6th graders discover a variety of planets and animals that live in forests, and how a rotting log benefits that environment.  Students also locate...

Students demonstrate an understanding of rhyming words by creating buggy pictures and a sentence containing rhyming words. They listen to the story, 'Creepy Beetles,' then engage in an activity where they identify the rhyming words.

Students practice data collection skills by observing common bugs found in their local environment. Once the data is collected they complete data sheets to compare, contrast, sort, and classify the insects. The lesson includes...

Pupils study creatures that drink blood. In this blood suckers lessons, students watch videos to learn about creatures that drink blood. Pupils divide into groups and make posters about the organisms. Students then participate in a trial...

Students discuss that words are made up of many different sounds. They make the /i/ sound pretending to see a big bug. They read a tongue twister that has several words with the same phoneme and stretch out the /i/ sound at the beginning...

Students explore biology by writing animal poetry in class. In this animal characteristics lesson plan, students research the Internet for facts about an "ugly" animal such as a bug or small critter. Students complete worksheets about...

You class will read Cucumber Soup by Vickie Leigh Krudwig as an anticipatory set for this lesson on ratios. They make models of the insects in the story and then use them as a source of data for this ratio and proportion lesson. This...

Learners conduct an internet study regarding habitat, ecosystem, biome and the region they live in. They observe the habitat by visiting a State Park and observing the organisms in their habitat. In addition, they create their own...

Middle schoolers create a school-wide insect collection investigate the insect world. For this project, each grade level "adopts" specific orders of insects, collect specimens, create classroom collections, and complete related activities.

In this comprehension worksheet, students read a non-fiction passage titled, "The Insect World" and complete 5 short answer questions.

In this milkweed and monarch butterfly worksheet, students complete a 9 question true/false quiz. Students may retrieve score on line.

Learners examine and discuss amber and fossils in amber. They simulate the preservation of an insect in amber using glue, a dead insect, and food coloring, listen to a poem about amber, and view real amber under a magnifying glass or...

Students research carnivorous plants and how they trap insects. They role play as botanists to write a research field guide about a newly discovered imaginary carnivorous plant.

In this alphabet printing practice book, 2nd graders trace dotted lines to print 6 examples of upper case letters and 6 examples of lower case letters on each page. They print the letters a through m.

Students explore the external anatomy of a fish. In this anatomy and adaptations lesson, students look at an image of a trout and identify its various external features including fins, eyes, spots, parr marks and lateral line. Students...

Kids can add their way to 20 with this cute bug-themed presentation. Each slide contains an addition sentence that adds up to 20 and various insect images for little learners to count. It's a highly visual resource that can be used...

Young scholars describe the meaning of entrepreneurship and list three characteristics of entrepreneurship. They discuss the disadvantages and advantages of being an entrepreneur. They identify potential entrepreneurship opportunities in...