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Damsels and Dragons
Learners experiment with the perching behaviors of damsel and dragonflies. In this damsel and dragonfly lesson, students construct perches for the insects. They observe their perching behavior and their reaction to decoys of different...
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The Leaf Cafe
Students explore, research and study about the common local insects that eat leaves. They demonstrate their assessment of plant-eating insects by creating a Leaf Cafe. Each student also makes a chart showing which insects eat other...
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Cycles of Life
Students begin their study of insect life cycles by listening to a read aloud of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They learn the vocabulary of metamorphosis including egg, larva, pupa, chrysalis, and adult. They observe actual...
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Bugs in the Woods
Second graders identify insects and plants in the forest ecosystem in a structured field trip with stations and activity booklets. In this bugs lesson, 2nd graders explore the ecosystem of the forest, complete the booklet and play...
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Africanized Honey Bees And Society
Students investigate how information is disseminated about honey bees and other insects. They make a list of key words and phrases, or even write a brief summary of their impressions of insects and their relatives after viewing the movie.
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Identifying Organisms
In this organisms worksheet, 9th graders look at each picture of insects and use the key at the bottom of the sheet to determine which order they belong to. Then they explain which insect is a true bug and which is a true beetle and...
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Interpreting a Flowchart
Students examine insects place in a community. They discover the communities of insects.
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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. Students name 3 examples of animals with life cycles similar to butterflies and...
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Honey Bee Biology
Students review the basic parts of an insect and explore the anatomical characteristics of a honey bee. The second part of the lesson focuses on ways to identify a honey bee from other stinging insects.
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Bee and Wasp Identification
Students study the differences between honey bee, bumble bee, paper wasp, and yellow jackets. In this insect classification lesson, students study posters of various bees and wasps. Students read the story Holly Honey Bee Story. Students...
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Bug Picture Matching
For this bugs picture matching worksheet, students draw lines to match 8 insect pictures to the identical pictures in another column.
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The Honey Bee's Home
Students study honey bees by researching handouts and books. In this honey bee lesson plan, students make a comb out of polygons, learn about the 4 stages of insect development, and view how the hive hierarchy works.
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Using My Senses
Second graders identify human and insect senses and where they are located on the body. They maintain a cricket terrarium for experimentation. They realize the value of the senses by observing, recording, discussing and drawing conclusions.
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The Honey Bee Body - Paper Honey Bee
Young scholars construct a paper honey bee to learn the six major parts of a bee and other insects. They compare their own body parts to those of bees. They utilize worksheets imbedded in this plan to help them design their bee.
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Earthworms and Making a Wormery
Students explore the environment by researching insects. In this earthworm lesson, students utilize soil and plexiglass to build a see through wormery in which students can observe the worms at work. Students identify the benefits of...
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How Do Animal Life Cycles Vary?
In this animal life cycle worksheet, students will compare and contrast the life cycle of an alligator, insect, and bird. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Influential Scientists Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this influential scientists learning exercise, students read the definitions of 19 science professions. From 4 choices, students choose the correct name of the job that fits the definition. Example: studies birds (ornithologist).
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Bank On It: Rainforest
In this science activity, students fill in 29 blanks in an article about lizards of the rainforest. Word choices are included in the word box at the beginning of the activity.
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Pond Ecosystem Field Trip
Young scholars investigate the environment by participating in a class trip. In this pond ecosystem lesson, students define a list of vocabulary terms associated with ponds such as invertebrate and metamorphosis. Young scholars attend a...
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Food Chains
Young scholars create their own food chains on Kidspiration starting from the energy of the sun and what it creates. In this food chains lesson plan, students learn about how insects eat plants and so on.
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Adopt-an-Insect Butterfly Report
In this butterfly research worksheet, students complete 7 short answer categories pertaining to the life of a butterfly. This worksheet provides a visual template for the students to record facts about one butterfly species in an...
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Cicadas - A Special Insect Internet Activity
In this cicadas worksheet, students click on the links to find out information on cicadas and answer short answer questions about them. Students complete 9 short answer questions.
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Animal Diaries
Students read Diary of a Worm by Foreen Cronin. In this journal writing lesson plan, students research an animal and write a diary by their animal. Students apply the research they've completed in their writings. Students share their...
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Arthropods At "Home"
Students discover what an arthropod is and how they survive in our world. For this insect lesson, students read the book, A House Is A House For Me, and compare a home for a person with the type of habitat an arthropod lives in....
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