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Label the Larva Activity
Third graders label mosquito body parts. For this mosquito labeling lesson, 3rd graders drag the names of the mosquito body parts to label the picture of the mosquito larva. They complete this activity online.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Mosquito Life Cycle Activity
Understanding the life cycle of a mosquito helps us understand how to prevent the spread of diseases they carry. A lab investigation provides learners with the opportunity to track the two-week life cycle of the mosquito. Scholars make...
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Mosquito Life Cycles
Students gather mosquito eggs to record the mosquito life cycle using drawings, descriptions, and any other appropriate means. In small groups, they analyze and describe the process of complete metamorphosis. They classify mosquitoes...
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Mosquito Bytes
Students investigate mosquitoes. In this mosquito bytes lesson, students consider reasons why mosquitoes transfer disease and ways to combat them. Students read an article, discuss, and complete a quiz.
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Wigglers, Tumblers, & Bloodsuckers
Students explore the life stages of a mosquito. In this animal biology lesson, students read Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema and complete several activities including an experiment with mosquito larvae, an activity...
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Mosquito Life Cycle
Seventh graders investigate the life cycle of the mosquito. In this life cycle lesson, 7th graders gain knowledge about the diseases mosquitos carry. Students breed mosquitos and investigate their eggs. Students collect and record data...
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Life Cycle of Animals: Butterfly, Cockroach, Mosquito
In these life cycle worksheets, students write true or false for the statements about the life cycles of butterflies, cockroaches, and mosquitoes. Kids name 3 examples of animals with life cycles similar to butterflies and cockroaches....
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Mosquitoes
In this mosquitoes information worksheet, students read for comprehension and vocabulary assessment. In this multiple choice worksheet, students answer twelve questions.
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Water Strider Maze
In this mazes worksheet, students examine the best way to help a water strider find the mosquito larvae through an adventurous maze.
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Mosquitoes
In these reading comprehension worksheets, students read the informational passage about mosquitoes. Students then answer 5 reading comprehension questions and 7 vocabulary questions about the text.
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Household Pests
Sixth graders discover the various habitat requirements for assorted household pests from ants to wasps. They conduct various activities including researching the life cycles moths, cockroaches, and mosquitoes
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Adopt-An-Insect Bingo
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.
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Food Webs in a Pond
Students explore food chains and food webs in a pond and identify common creatures found in ponds. They look for tadpoles, fish, mites and other creatures in a pond during a field trip for first hand research.
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Hawaii's Freshwater Ecosystems
Students examine brackish water. In this Science instructional activity, students observe organisms found in brackish water. Students record their observations of the various organisms.
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Climate Change And Disease
Students consider the role of climate change in the occurrence of vector born diseases such as malaria. In small groups, they research a specific vector to complete an information chart on climate changes in the region where the vector...
American Museum of Natural History
Life in the City
Believe it or not, biodiversity exists even in areas of disturbed habitat. An interactive activity challenges learners to look for species with a magnifying lens in an image of a city habitat. Pop-up images and descriptions explain how...
Biology Junction
World of Insects: Characteristics, Orders, and Collecting
Every bug is an insect, but not all insects are bugs. A presentation lists the characteristics of insects, describes their body parts, and explains metamorphosis. It also details every order and includes photographs and multiple facts...
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Pond and Pond Organisms
Students explore pond ecosystems. In this pond organism activity, students will use pond water and a plastic bad in order to locate and identify freshwater organisms. The activity is designed for younger grades, but includes an...
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Pond Life
Young scholars recognize the habitats of animals that live near or in a pond. In this pond lesson, students examine pond water and look for pond organisms. Young scholars observe organisms with a loupe and complete a worksheet.
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Investigating Animals in Water
Students observe small animal activity. They identify local water animals and describe the habitats where water animals can be found. Students collect samples to observe in the classroom.