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Mini Beast Safari Record Sheet

For Students 4th - 8th
In this bugs and insects in their habitats worksheet, students hunt and locate worms, bugs, and other insects then record their findings to complete the chart.
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Hopper Herding

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore biology by examining insects up close. In this grasshopper and cricket instructional activity, students discuss the types of insects that can jump and why it is important they are able to do so. Students examine a grassy...
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The Grouchy Ladybug By Eric Carle

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a unit about ladybugs based on Eric Carle's, The Grouchy Ladybug. They complete comprehension questions, categorization activities, Venn diagrams, and choral readings of Susan M. Paprocki', Little Red Bug. As they...
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Roaches Are Yucky!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils research facts about an insect using the Internet.
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Word Search: Ladybugs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this insect word search learning exercise, students find 13 words pertaining to ladybugs. There is a word bank provided for this puzzle which is shaped like a bug.
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The Ladybug Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the traits of ladybugs. In this ladybug lesson, students read books, sing songs, and learn fingerplays about ladybugs. Students also create their own ladybugs.
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The Honey Bee's Home

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are introduced to the members and workings of a honey bee colony. They describe the structure of a comb, the day-to-day activities of honey bees, and name the four stages of bee development. They construct a honeycomb model.
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Bug Picture Matching

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this recognizing same and different pictures instructional activity, students observe two columns of colored insects and match the pairs that are the same. Students match 6 answers.
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Bugs, Worms and Others

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners explore biology by conducting an outdoor research activity. In this insect identification lesson, students collaborate with classmates to examine organisms they find on a class field trip either in their school playground or a...
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The Praying Mantis

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science instructional activity, students find the facts in the research about the praying mantis. They include its habitat and eating habits.
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Life Beyond the Fifty Yard Line -- An ecological look at our backyard

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, in groups, stake out and rope off their study area, do population counts and density studies. They construct a map of the whole area, collect plants and insects, and mount and identify the organisms using keys.
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Arthropod Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this arthropod instructional activity, students answer 4 questions about arthropod. For example, "Match the name of each class with the correct drawing" and "Draw a circle around any insects."
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Pond Life Word Search Worksheet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this word search worksheet, students locate the names of pond life using the 18 pictures and labels that are shown on the page. They find the names of turtles, mammals, insects, and birds.
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Hand Print Adjective Booklet

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars practice using adjectives by describing animals, pictures or insects.  In this language arts lesson, students collaborate to brainstorm a list of adjectives which they turn into an adjective booklet.  Young...
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Animal Inventions

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students name the characteristics of animal groups. Students classify the major animal groups such as: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects. They identify the elements of specific habitats that each animal needs in...
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Butterfly Report

For Students 7th - 9th
In this biology worksheet, students write an insect report about the butterfly, giving its common and scientific name. Then they describe the butterfly habitats and winter plans. Students also describe three interesting facts about the...
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Life Cycle of Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate life cycles of insects by writing a story.  In this butterfly life lesson plan, 2nd graders create a checklist of the many steps a caterpillar takes before growing wings and flying.  Students utilize...
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Out and About: Minibeasts

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Pupils get up close and personal with invertebrates. In this mini-beasts lesson, students may visit the Natural History Museum, the Bramley Frith Education Centre, the Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World online or in-person to discover...
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Sticklers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore biology by participating in a habitat identification activity. For this sticklers lesson, students utilize land markers as part of an organism simulation in which they examine the habitat of a specific species. Learners...
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Which Nest is Best?

For Students 2nd
In this animal nests worksheet, 2nd graders match 6 animal pictures with their correct nest pictures. Both insects and animals are included and their nests are shown clearly for students to match.
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Identifying plants, animals, insects, reptiles, and birds on the prairie

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students identify all of the plant an animal life on the prairie.  In this plant identification lesson plan students divide into groups and draw sketches of things they saw on the prairie. 
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Glue-line Insect

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore characteristics of ladybugs. They view ladybugs in ventilated containers and discuss their observations. Students read a story about ladybugs and create a glue picture of a ladybug.
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Relating Number of Insect Species to Water Quality

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are asked to respond to questions such as:" Have there been surveys of the area to inventory the species?" (For example, for a wetland area, do they know what amphibians live there and how abundant they are?) Are there any...
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Bugs Worksheet- Recognize Different Insects

For Students Pre-K - K
In this visual discrimination activity, students analyze 3 rows of bug pictures. Students look for the picture in each row that is different from the rest and circle it.

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