Animals: Mealworms

A fun, hands-on project that will allow your students see first-hand how metamorphosis works. Students observe mealworms develop and change right before their eyes.

Students discuss ways that butterflies and moths change during their lifecycles, observe caterpillars, and explore how their different body parts work.

Students view pictures of animals as they complete the metamorphosis from a larva to an adult. In this metamorphosis lesson plan, students view pictures and in the end are able to match pictures of a larva stage to an adult stage in...

Crawl into the world of the darkling beetle with this scientific investigation. Watch as the insects move through the larval, pupal, and adult stages of life, recording observations along the way. Discuss the necessities of life as young...

Students observe offspring (mealworms) that do not initially resemble their parent organism (darkling beetles) throughout complete metamorphosis. They also create and maintain an appropriate habitat for the mealworms.

Fifth graders build worm habitats and observe the activities of mealworms and earthworms. They experiment to show how the worms react to changes in light, temperature, touch, moisture, food, etc. They even watch as some of the mealworms...

Students observe the inherited traits in earthworms and mealworms. In this organisms lesson plan, students view a live mealworm and earthworm on a tray and identify the body parts. Students measure the worms and observe the behavior....

Information about mealworms, including types, habitat, physical characteristics, using them as pet food, raising them, whether they can be pests, their role in the life cycle of the darkling beetle, and a list of quick facts about them.

Describes the life cycle of a mealworm, which is the larval stage of a darkling beetle, and some interesting facts about them.

Fifth graders examine the lifecycles of earthworms and mealworms. In groups, they make sketches, measure, and read about mealworms and earthworms. They travel between stations to examine a different part of their lives. To end the...