Lesson Plan
Cornell University

Too Much of a Good Thing?

For Students 4th - 5th
Continuing their study of beneficial insects, young entomologists discover where in the world some of these bugs are. By labeling, coloring, and using the scale on a map, pupils explore the territories and arrival of the Asian lady...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

What's This? Colorful Creatures

For Students 6th - 12th
An online resource shows learners some species that are very good at using their camouflage as well as other ways species use their coloring for survival. Interactive and digital, the lesson is perfect as a remote learning resource.
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Synonyms Are Similar

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Kids select a word from the provided bank that is similar in meaning to the underlined word in 14 sentences.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

2nd Grade - Act. 04: What Time Is It?

For Teachers 2nd
How do you teach time? Using various stories, 2nd graders will learn about the concept of a daily schedule to develop a sense of self. They will complete a time of day chart and learn about the basic concepts of time beyond a minute....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cycles of Life

For Teachers K
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.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: Have You Seen Bugs? (Oppenheim)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Are your scholars interested in bugs? Get future entomologists excited about vocabulary through Joanne Oppenheim's colorful book Have You Seen Bugs? They use the informational text (although this strategy is useful for any book) to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: Red Riding Hood (Marshall)

For Teachers K - 2nd
It's the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood retold by James Marshall; scholars listen for six new words as you read: bouquet, charming, escort, horrid, tarry, and wicked. Introduce the words before reading so they can...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Complete Novel Guide: James and the Giant Peach

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Before your class reads the book James and the Giant Peach, check out this very handy set of learning activities. The reading guide provides you with several excellent ideas for building vocabulary related to the text and reading...
Activity
Busch Gardens

Create an Invertebrate

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
What better way for young biologists to learn about invertebrates than by creating their very own? Here, students are assigned a set of invertebrate characteristics and are asked to invent an imaginary ocean animal...
Activity
Lakeshore Learning

Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
A hands-on activity brings the alphabet to life in your kindergarten! Fill tubs with items that begin with the same letter or end with the same sound, and let kids make the connections between the items. 
Website
American Museum of Natural History

What's the Big Idea About Genetics?

For Students 6th - 12th
Here's a quick read on genetics. An engaging online resource provides six slides of information about genetics. Learners read about the meaning of genetics to information about DNA. They also learn about the study of genes and the...
Worksheet
Teacher Writing Center

Spring Lesson

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Ring in the spring with a study of adverbs. These spring worksheets cover when and how to use adverbs, provide plenty of adverbs to try out, and use images of spring as inspiration for students to tap into as they write original sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sorting the Animals

For Students Pre-K - K
Does a fish have four legs? Of course not! Youngsters practice their counting (and animal attributes) skills as they determine which of each set of animals has a specified number of legs. They circle animals with four, six, two, and zero...
Worksheet
DK Publishing

Which Has More?

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Reinforce more than and less than with beads, bricks, and bugs. Youngsters will love counting and choosing the picture with more than the other. Numbers 1 - 10 are printed across the bottom of the page so that they can be referred to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dinnertime for Animals

For Students 3rd - 4th
Is a deer an herbivore? What about a spider? Experiment with the food chain in an interactive science experiment. After listing the herbivores from a selection of animals, third and fourth graders compare the skulls and teeth of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

'Don't Let the Bugs Bite' Challenge

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this insect facts worksheet, students respond to 11 multiple choice questions that require them to exhibit what they know about insects.
Worksheet
K5 Learning

Multiplication Word Problems #5

For Students 2nd - 4th
How many legs to 349 frogs have? How many ears are on 105 puppies? These and other fun multiplication word problems will have learners applying their math skills to realistic scenarios using two- and three-digit multiplication. 
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Shapes Around Us

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners use manipulatives to study shapes. They sort shapes and use correct geometric terminology to describe them. Students find real-life examples of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes, and classify figures in their classroom according to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Own Backyard

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Scholars create a drawing of their own backyards. They will use a visualization technique to sketch their own backyard onto construction paper using oil pastels. Guiding questions are given along with materials for the project....
Worksheet
Curated OER

'Don't Let the Bugs Bite' Word Search

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this bugs word search learning exercise, learners locate and identify 25 insect-related words within the word search puzzle.
Worksheet
Curated OER

'Don't Let the Bugs Bite' Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this bug vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 12 listed insects to the appropriate sentences that describe each of them.
Worksheet
Granite School District

Types of Ratios

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Ratios can be written in a number of ways including whole to part, part to part, part to whole. For each problem, young mathematicians write the given ratio and classify it based on those categories. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Growing, Growing, Gone

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Budding mathematicians identify growing patterns in numbers and songs then create their own patterns. They look at number patterns and language patterns and then create their own using money and footprints.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Counting Back and Counting On

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Read aloud your choice of books about counting on and counting back (a list is provided, or tell stories of your own). Your learners will write horizontal equations to portray what happens in the story. They build a paper chain and...

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