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Living Creatures Up Close

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students study pond creatures. In this animal sciences lesson, students take a walking field trip to a local pond to collect small insects. Students study these insects under a microscope, conduct research on their insect, and create a...
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Watch Your Step!

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners examine the physical characteristics of insects and spiders. Students research the vaious ways in which insects move. They then observe and record the metamorposis of one of more insects. They complete the lesson by...
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Comparing Incomplete to Complete Metamorphosis

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover the varying stages of metamorphosis as they occur in the insect community. After a brief lecture, students identify the various stages of metamorphosis that insects experience. They complete a worksheet matching a...
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Using Descriptive Language - Inventing Your Own Bug!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils use descriptive language to invent and describe a bug. In this descriptive language lesson, students watch a video about bugs and review the names of insects. Pupils complete a worksheet about insects and then describe an insect...
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Mini Beast Safari Record Sheet

For Students 4th - 8th
In this bugs and insects in their habitats worksheet, students hunt and locate worms, bugs, and other insects then record their findings to complete the chart.
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Hopper Herding

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore biology by examining insects up close. For this grasshopper and cricket lesson, students discuss the types of insects that can jump and why it is important they are able to do so. Students examine a grassy field with...
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My Minibeast

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this make believe insect worksheet, students complete a sentence, choose the correct words, and fill in the blanks about an insect they make up called a minibeast.
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Bugs Word Search Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science word search worksheet, students locate 39 words that are related to insects. They find words that are given in a word bank at the bottom of the page which include aphids, lady bugs, stink bugs, and assassin.
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Roaches Are Yucky!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners research facts about an insect using the Internet.
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Bees and Wasps

For Students 4th - 6th
In this biology activity, learners look for the details that are common to the insects. Then they label the parts for the two diagrams.
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Word Search: Ladybugs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this insect word search worksheet, students find 13 words pertaining to ladybugs. There is a word bank provided for this puzzle which is shaped like a bug.
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Adaptations for Survival--The Spittlebug

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this adaptations for survival activity, students list 2 reasons why the foam secreted from spittle bugs help the insect survive. Students view 2 pictures of spittle bugs and determine which one is more visible to passing birds looking...
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Bug Picture Matching

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this recognizing same and different pictures worksheet, students observe two columns of colored insects and match the pairs that are the same. Students match 6 answers.
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Bugs, Worms and Others

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars explore biology by conducting an outdoor research activity. In this insect identification lesson, students collaborate with classmates to examine organisms they find on a class field trip either in their school playground...
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The Praying Mantis

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science worksheet, students find the facts in the research about the praying mantis. They include its habitat and eating habits.
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Life Beyond the Fifty Yard Line -- An ecological look at our backyard

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, in groups, stake out and rope off their study area, do population counts and density studies. They construct a map of the whole area, collect plants and insects, and mount and identify the organisms using keys.
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Animal Inventions

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students name the characteristics of animal groups. Students classify the major animal groups such as: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects. They identify the elements of specific habitats that each animal needs in...
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Arthropod Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this arthropod worksheet, students answer 4 questions about arthropod. For example, "Match the name of each class with the correct drawing" and "Draw a circle around any insects."
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Butterfly Report

For Students 7th - 9th
In this biology worksheet, students write an insect report about the butterfly, giving its common and scientific name. Then they describe the butterfly habitats and winter plans. Students also describe three interesting facts about the...
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Pond Life Word Search Worksheet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this word search worksheet, students locate the names of pond life using the 18 pictures and labels that are shown on the page. They find the names of turtles, mammals, insects, and birds.
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Hand Print Adjective Booklet

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice using adjectives by describing animals, pictures or insects.  For this language arts lesson, students collaborate to brainstorm a list of adjectives which they turn into an adjective booklet.  Students utilize...
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Life Cycle of Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate life cycles of insects by writing a story.  In this butterfly life instructional activity, 2nd graders create a checklist of the many steps a caterpillar takes before growing wings and flying. ...
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Out and About: Minibeasts

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students get up close and personal with invertebrates. In this mini-beasts lesson, students may visit the Natural History Museum, the Bramley Frith Education Centre, the Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World online or in-person to...
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Sticklers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore biology by participating in a habitat identification activity. In this sticklers lesson, students utilize land markers as part of an organism simulation in which they examine the habitat of a specific species. Students...

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