Students make butterflies out of paint and an open hand. In this art lesson, students press an open hand with paint on paper spreading the fingers to represent wings.

Students complete a variety of art projects to celebrate the arrival of spring. They create symmetrical butterfly designs, paper mache eggs, and caterpillars, and complete a crayon resist and marble painting.

Students read and discuss background information included with this lesson. They brainstorm the best sources for developing a list of native or migratory pollinators. Students work in groups to design habitats based on information...

Students study insect camouflage. In this organisms instructional activity, students design and create their own 3D insect models to blend into a habitat. Students write a paragraph about the camouflage their insect has and explain how...

In this letter recognition worksheet, students name various letters and say the sounds. There are six sight words to memorize and seven short sentences to read.

Students observe first hand what it is like to be the prey and what he or she must do to blend in and make themselves less noticeable. They participate in a variety of hands-on activities which help them explain how insects hide...

Sixteen ounces of honey requires more than 1,000 bees traveling over 100,000 miles and visiting 4.5 million flowers. The presentation includes sexual reproduction in plants, the parts and functions of a flower,...

Students begin their study of insect life cycles by listening to a read aloud of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They learn the vocabulary of metamorphosis including egg, larva, pupa, chrysalis, and adult. They observe actual...

Pupils identify patterns found in nature.

Second graders describe the sequence of events in the life cycles of a butterfly, frog, and a deer. They observe the differences and similarities of parents and babies. They also discover that at different stages the animals can be...

Third graders investigate the stages of animal life cycles. They examine an egg and compare it to an inanimate object, read a booklet about the life cycle and define key vocabulary terms, and observe a mealworm. Students then design a...

Fifth graders use the scientific method to conduct experiments on the temperature effects on organisms. In this temperature effects on organisms lesson plan, 5th graders observe and record the hatching or the developing of organisms into...

In this ESL "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" learning exercise, student listen to the video story and complete a variety of related comprehension activities.

Young scholars keep a detailed records of the growth and development of their larvae. They fill out an observation chart every day during the larval stage, and every4-5 days during the pupa stage. They summarize all of their data on a...

In this spring activity worksheet, students use the 50 words in the word bank to locate and identify them in the word search puzzle.

In this adjectives review activity, students practice their grammar skills as they identify the adjectives in 12 sentences and use the adjectives in the word bank to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences.

In this science worksheet, 3rd graders answer 12 clues to find the answers to a crossword puzzle that is focused on things that live in trees. They use words such as butterfly, tree frogs, raccoons, and squirrel.

Students examine why certain animals live in only specific places throughout the world. Using animals, they classify them based on their characteristics and identify their basic needs. They also observe and compare the life cycles of...

In this reading worksheet, students listen to the fable called Big Blue Spider and Little Red Spider Retold by Ellen Baumwoll. Students draw illustrations or describe what they remembered form the story.

Students explore the life cycle of living things through the eight lessons of this unit. The butterfly, frog, chicken, and plant are inspected and form the basis of the work done in this unit.

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.

Students are guided through the Scientific Method to perform observations about the pupa stage of the monarch butterfly. The results of an experiment are used to make assumptions about growth and development.

Students study natural selection and its process in the peppered moth. In this evolution activity, students read about the concept of natural selection as suggested by Charles Darwin. Students then complete a natural selection simulation...