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Picture a Tarantula
Students create an illustration based upon a read-aloud. In this visual arts lesson plan, students listen to the book The Tarantula Scientist and listen for details. Students create a picture based upon what they imagined during the...
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Tarantula Girl
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a two page true story about a girl who loves tarantulas. Students complete a 12 question multiple choice quiz on the story. There are four additional reading comprehension stories...
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Tarantula Shoes
High schoolers read a book about Ryan O'Keefe, a young man who wants a pair of basketball shoes promoted by a basketball star. They explore about spending, saving, opportunity cost, and trade-offs as they study Ryan's decisions...
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How Do You Spend Your Money?
Fifth graders examine ways to save and spend money. They look at ways that people earn, save, and spend money using chapters from Tom Birdseye's Tarantula Shoes. They add and subtract decimals to fill in a worksheet entitled, "Is It a...
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Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
Identifying when to use commas, semicolons and other forms of punctuation can be difficult for students. This 10 question activity which relates to sentence fragments, could be used to help students identify correct use of punctuation.
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Appositives and Present Participle Phrases (-ing word groups)
Combine sentences with the help of this grammar resource! Learn how to combine sentences using appositives and present participle phrases. The first page focuses on combining two sentences and creatine one. On page two, writers practice...
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
Pardon Me, Your Modifier is Dangling
Lost! (or misplaced) a modifier. Last seen dangling at the end of a sentence! Reward offered! To underscore the humor, class members are each given a sample sentence to illustrate (A woman passed by, leading a Springer Spaniel, in a...
University of Arizona
Yoruba Legends: Southern Nigeria
Explore legends and storytelling with your learners. After listening to some legends, pupils work collaboratively and then individually to come up with original legends about animals.
Curated OER
Invertebrates
In this science worksheet, students answer the problems that are related to the concept of invertebrates. The first question has the ordering of and sorting of invertebrates.
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Hidden Animals
In this hidden animals worksheet, students fill in the missing letters to complete the name of seven types of animals. Students then read down the column of underlined letters to solve the hidden word,
Oakland Zoo
Oakland Zoo: Brazilian Black Tarantula
Meet the Brazilian black tarantula and discover fascinating facts and statistics. Learn about its physical characteristics, habitat, diet, behavior, breeding patterns, and more.
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Tarantulas
This site gives an in-depth description of a tarantula, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Red Knee Tarantula (Brachypelma Smithi)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the red knee tarantula. Discusses where they are found, their popularity as a pet, physical characteristics, lifespan, diet, predators, and life cycle.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Hey! A Tarantula Bit Me!
A tarantula is a black, hairy spider that is about two to three inches long. Learn all about spiders and tarantulas in this article for kids.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Hey! A Tarantula Bit Me!
Use this site to learn some facts about tarantulas, find out what to do if you are bitten by one, and learn some important ways to avoid being bitten.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Tarantula
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about tarantulas with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Terrific Tarantulas
A detailed site about tarantulas, including topics suchs as molting, structure, urticating hairs, and how to handle them.
Other
The Tarantula's Burrow: Arachnids
The title says it all. An exhaustingly extensive site on everything about scorpions and tarantulas. Includes links to related sites.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: Biggest Spider
The Goliath tarantula is the largest known spider in the world, with the biggest recorded width being eleven inches. While people may fear it, the tarantula is in most cases harmless to humans. Read more facts about the Goliath here and...
Other
Tarantula's Burrow: British Spiders What Is a Spider?
A list of characteristics that a creature must satisfy to be considered a spider, as well as a list with pictures and descriptions of spiders commonly found in the UK.
Other
Tarantula's Burrow: British Spiders What Is a Spider?
A list of characteristics that a creature must satisfy to be considered a spider, as well as a list with pictures and descriptions of spiders commonly found in the UK.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Spiders
An in-depth description of spiders, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. [2 min, 22 sec]
Other
Insectclopedia: Lesson Plans
A very comprehensive site from pedagonet.com that includes lesson plans on insects for all ages and grade levels. Students will enjoy learning about insects as you employ these engaging lesson plans in your own classroom.
Other
Jean Craighead George's Website
This website is about author Jean Craighead George. Offers information on her background, her books, she gives hints about becoming a writer. She also has a question and answer section where she answers questions that people most often...