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Under the Spell of Spiders!

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students read about spider body parts, abilities, tendencies, and life cycles. In this Under the Spell of Spiders! lesson, students create mystery creatures that turn out to be spiders. Students catch and observe spiders and insects....
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Science Charades

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students dramatize the wonderful world of nature, without making a sound. For this early childhood creative thinking lesson, students dramatize different aspects of nature to develop creative thinking, reading, memory, and motor skills.
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What's in Wetland Soil?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the organic and inorganic components of soil. In this environmental science lesson, students identify the factors that influence soil formation. They collect soil samples, conduct tests, and analyze the results.
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The Life Cycle of the Mealworm

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders provide a habitat for live mealworms and observe their life cycle. In this animal life cycle and scientific inquiry activity, 4th graders create a habitat for a live mealworm and observe and record related data as it...
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Introduction to Adult Insects and Their Adaptations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study organisms found in Class Insecta. They examine the different adaptations these organisms have developed over time to survive and prosper in their respective habitats. They research the origin of the names of several orders...
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Learning To Identify Insects

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students utilize the Internet to locate a variety of insects. The pictures located are compared and contrasted and placed into a book which is published by the class.
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Creating Insects Puppet Show

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore an insect website, learn an insect song, and take an insect quiz. In this insect lesson plan, students also read insect books, and create a puppet show about insects.
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Who Am I? Insect Identification

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students examine 16 detailed pictures of different insects. Students identify each insect. There is no room to write the name under the picture. It is assumed this is an oral activity, although there are no...
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Parts of an Insect

For Students K - 1st
In this science worksheet, students read about the three parts of an insect. Students also analyze a labeled picture of an insect that shows its mouth, antenna, head, led, thorax, and abdomen.
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Which One is not the Insect

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this which one is not the insect worksheet, students look at three lines of bugs and circle the one on each line that is not an insect. Students then color each insect or bug with appropriate colors.
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Introduction to Pinning Insects

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are introduced to how to properly pin insects by reviewing insect morphology, insect orders and recognizing that the second and third thoracic segments contain large locomotor muscles that bind to the pin.
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Insect Attributes

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this 5 question insect worksheet, students label, draw, and circle correct answers about metamorphosis, mimics, and environments for insect survival.
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Insects and Creepy Crawlies Word Search

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, learners look for the names of the insects that are found in the word search puzzle. There is special attention to the spelling.
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Insects: KWL

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this science graphic organizer worksheet, students complete a KWL chart about insects. They write what they know, what they want to know, and what they have learned in the three columns on the sheet.
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Web of Life - Insects

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize the importance of insects in the web of life, construct a web of life that demonstrates the importance of the web of life and discuss the insects' role in the ecosystem. They recognize factors that change ecosystems.
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Who am I?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Here is a colorful worksheet that has learners identify 16 different kinds of insects. Each insect has an accurate and colorful drawing associated with it. The insect names are at the bottom of the worksheet, and pupils must match up...
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The Young Naturalist

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Beginning with a brief history of our 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt, then followed by a discussion of his interest in nature, young scientists take to the outdoors to locate and observe local plants and insects....
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Hopper Circus

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore biology by participating in an insect identification activity. In this grasshopper lesson plan, students discuss the types of insects who jump high and identify their anatomical parts. Students collect a group of...
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The Pollinator

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
What do bees and children have in common? They both love their sweets. Decorate a flower pot or bucket to look like a brightly colored flower and fill it with wrapped candy and cheese puffs. Have learners reach into grab the candy,...
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Draw a Monarch

For Students 6th - 12th
Five steps walk scholars through the process of drawing a Monarch butterfly. Participants research the insect, make observations, trace, then color. 
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Mystery Marauders

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate plants with pest damage. In this plant life lesson, students study plants that have been damaged by insects. Students try to discover which insects are causing the damage.
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Activities in A Science Classroom

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learning Through Games and Activities Make Staying On Task in the Classroom Fun
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Nature's Perfect Recycler

For Teachers 1st - 6th
What a great way to start a recycling lesson! Introduce your students to the dung beetle! They will get a kick out of "nature's perfect recycler," when they learn about the  scarab beetle's way of life: eating dung and rotting...
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The Old White Sheet Trick

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students attract night animals. In this Science lesson, students use a large white surface and a light at night. Students observe and record what they see.

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