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Where in the World Am I?
Students are introduced to geography skills. They answer questions on a worksheet using the internet and maps. They examine the area of Japan as well.
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Tantalizing Tangrams
Fourth graders participate in what is considered to be a model lesson. The lesson focuses upon polygons and basic geometry. The lesson addresses national standards and displays how others should be done.
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Time Train
Students are read a short book "Time Train" by Paul Fleischman. Using the text, they identify the clues to let them know the train is traveling back in time. They make a time line of the trip and make a cutout of meat-eating and...
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Adopt-An-Insect Project
Students 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.
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Science: Backyard Bugs Data Collection
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 instructional activity...
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Investigating Animals in Water
Learners observe small animal activity. They identify local water animals and describe the habitats where water animals can be found. Students collect samples to observe in the classroom.
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Adopt-An-Insect Bingo
In this biology worksheet, students select twenty-five terms relating to insects to complete their bingo card as listed on the sheet. Then they match each name or family with its correct description.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University: Iowa Insect Information Dragonflies and Damselflies
Dragonflies and Damselflies are some of the most beneficial insects in the whole insect world. Read about the life cycle, history, and other anatomy of these insects.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Dragonflies O Logy Card
Flip this interactive card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about dragonflies.
Ed Koday
Ivy Hall: Dragonfly
Find pictures of dragonflies on this page. Click on the illustrated image and discover many facts about the insect.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Dragonfly (Anisoptera)
Provides an overview of the Dragonfly, including their habitat, appearance, behaviour, diet, breeding, and much more. Images of this species and statistics can also be found here.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Support Dragonflies: A Goal for Your Site?
Find out why dragonflies are beneficial to a backyard habitat.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Dragonfly
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story, article, or poem is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words...
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Dragonflies
This site gives an in-depth description of a dragonfly, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Writing Poems From Dragonfly Facts
In this activity, students create rhyming poems, first as a class, then on their own, using facts that they have learned about dragonflies.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Life Stages Cards: Frog, Butterfly, and Dragonfly
All animals develop and grow over time. The animals in this document undergo one of the most dramatic developmental processes known, metamorphosis. See if you can place the developmental stages in their proper order.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Dragonfly
Kids learn about the Dragonfly, fast flying acrobatic insects of many colors that eat mosquitoes.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Dragonfly
Learn about the appearance, diet, habitat, conservation status, and other fun facts about this colorful insect.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific Breakthroughs in Germany: Flight of the Dragonfly
Emulate the work of a naturalist by making observations of wildlife in local parks. Record field notes, including drawings, photographs, and observations of behavior, on a particular animal or habitat.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Science Fair: Plan
So, you've chosen your topic and done your research, now, you need to plan your investigation. PBS site walks you through some steps to help guide you through the planning process.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Grow a Crystal
This PBS Kids site teaches students about crystals and includes an activity that shows how to make sparkling gems at home.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Leaf Me Alone!
How do leaves breathe? PBS site explores how plants breathe and sustain life.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Know How? Cutting a Rock
How can you cut a rock without a saw? Is it possible? PBS site invites you to come along with Mike and Victor to find out.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Dragonfly
A close up photo of a dragonfly showing its beautiful but fragile wings.
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