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Building A Bug Bungalow
Students chart how milkweed bugs grow and change. In this growth and life stages lesson, students read two stories and discuss how and why things grow. Students brainstorm what can be measured about humans, review and discuss life...
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Milkweed and Monarch Mania
In this milkweed and monarch caterpillar instructional activity, students contrast the milkweed caterpillar with the monarch caterpillar. Students look at a picture of each.
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Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania
In this milkweed bug and monarch butterfly worksheet, students view 2 videos on the bugs and answer 1 short answer question. Students write 4 ways they could feed the milkweed plants.
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Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Puzzle
In this milkweed bug and monarch butterfly worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle dealing with milkweed bugs and monarch butterflies. Students answer 15 questions in the puzzle.
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Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania: identifying
In this milkweed bug and monarch butterfly instructional activity, students observe a picture of each one in their caterpillar state and have to identify which is which. Students observe 2 pictures.
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Milkweed and Monarch Quiz
In this milkweed and monarch butterfly activity, students take a quiz online about the milkweed and monarch butterflies. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania
Students explore Earth science by completing a worksheet in class. In this botany lesson, students identify the relationship between the Milkweed plant and the butterflies which regularly feed on its nutrients. Students visit a list of...
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Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania-True/False Quiz
In this milkweed and monarch butterfly learning exercise, students complete a 9 question true/false quiz. Students may retrieve score on line.
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Arthropod Data Collection
Students describe the life cycle of various bugs as well as their predators and feeding habits. The class participates in a discussion of the various methods scientists use to gather data including research and experiment. After...
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What Does a Monarch Caterpillar Eat?
Second graders study what monarch caterpillars eat by solving math problems and reading The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth-Century Tale from Japan. They analyze why Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed leaves and solve...
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Mimicry: Other Insects That Resemble Bees
Students 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.