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Arthropods Crossword
In this arthropods worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 41 questions about the different types and behaviors of arthropods.
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"What Insecit Am I"
Students play the game "What Insect Am I" to explore the parts of an insect and their habitats.
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Vocabulary definitions
For this vocabulary words worksheet, young scholars read a fable and then they match the vocabulary words from the fable to their definitions. Students complete this for 8 words.
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Mimicry: Other Insects That Resemble Bees
Young scholars design a conceptual experiment to test whether mimics actually benefit from the fact they resemble other organisms or objects. They define the term mimicry. They focus on insects that resemble bees and wasps.
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Fables-Basic Comprehension Activity
In this fable comprehension worksheet, students read a short fable, then fill in blanks in sentences, choosing the correct word in a pair.
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Catch As Catch Can
Students capture and observe insects. Using provided netting, students design and create a butterfly net. They study many types of insects and their benefits. After identifying insects caught, students complete a graph. Students write...
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Catch as Catch Can
Students investigate insects. In this insect analysis lesson, students catch insects using nets they make. They identify the insects they catch and create a chart to show the numbers and varieties. This lesson includes a vocabulary list...
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Future Conditional
Students examine how toxic pollutants affect environmental and human health. They define key terms, watch a video, and answer discussion questions.
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Insect Safari
Third graders name and identify three body parts of an insect, identify the characteristics that insects have six legs and one pair of antennae and categorize insects as to whether they are helpful or harmful.
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Crickets on the Hearth
Pupils investigate how crickets behave in cold temperatures. In this life science instructional activity, students explain the beneficial and harmful effect of pests. They research ways to properly manage them.
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Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: The Ants and the Grasshopper[pdf]
"The Ants and the Grasshopper" is a one page, fable about grasshoppers who played all summer while the ants worked gathering food for winter. When winter came, the grasshoppers were hungry. It is followed by questions which require...
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Read Works: Ant and Grasshopper
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains questions and teacher guides and...