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Flutter By!
Second graders identify and list the four main stages of a life cycle of a butterfly. In this butterfly lesson plan, 2nd graders use the internet and videos to learn about the life cycle and be able to list them on their own.
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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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The World of Insects and Spiders
Students identify numerous insects and their body parts. In this insect life lesson, students practice using scientific vocabulary while comparing the different parts of spiders and insects. Students view several videos discussing the...
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Holy Habitats or Meet Metamorphosis
Students examine the metamorphosis of frogs and how it adapts to its environment. They research how world pollutants are effecting the amphibian population.
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Clara Caterpillar
Students read the story Clara Caterpillar about the changes of a caterpillar and make butterflies. In this reading lesson plan, students make the butterflies out of colored coffee filters.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Learners read the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar and answer questions. In this Bloom's Taxonomy questioning lesson, students answer knowledge, comprehension, analysis , application and synthesis questions about the book The Very Hungry...
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Who Turned the Lights Out?
Students discover the life cycle of butterfly by observing its growth from egg to caterpillar and the formation of its chrysalis. Students conduct an experiment in which they design housing for the chrysalises which are either in full...
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Migration and the Spirits of Life
Students study the Mexican traditions for the Day of the Dead. In this Mexican traditions activity, students study monarch butterflies and learn about the role that the mariposa plays in the Day of the Dead. Students learn about...
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A Bug's Life: Diary of an Insect's Metamorphosis
Fifth graders examine the stages of insect's to understand heredity. For this inherited traits lesson, 5th graders explore the life of the honeybee for its inherited traits. Students recognize the difference between inherited traits and...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Students study about the stages of metamorphosis of a butterfly and then listen to and participate in the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The students then listen to the story in French and translate the French food words to English....
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Go Bug!
Second graders explore the lives of insects by participating in a card game. In this metamorphosis lesson, 2nd graders define several scientific vocabulary terms associated with insects and identify the different life cycles associated...
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Development in Drosophila melanogaster
Students study the least familiar aspect of development in Drosophila melanogaster; the development of the pupa. Students isolate and culture "First-day" pupae. They are dissected daily to study the progressive developmental changes.
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Metamorphosis
Students select organic object and transform it to an inorganic object in five or six steps, and complete value rendered drawings.
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A Lovely Captive
Fourth graders construct a habitat which allows them to observe the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. They place a plate on the bottom of the cylinder to serve as a landing platform. They use the cage for keeping adult...
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Bug Work
Students explore the life cycles of insects and how they interact with each other in the prairie to create a healthy ecosystem and viable food chain. They list animals or insects in their own community that are similar to the prairie...
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Animated Video Productions - Life Cycles
Seventh graders compare/contrast the life cycles of free-living organisms to that of parasites. They conduct Internet research, illustrate the stages of a specific organisms's life cycle, and direct and produce a mini-video production.
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Chips Ahoy: Chip Off the Old Block
First graders compare and contrast adult and baby animals to identify similar characteristics shared by both.
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Creature Features
Students examine why certain animals live in only specific places throughout the world. Using animals, they classify them based on their characteristics and identify their basic needs. They also observe and compare the life cycles of...
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What's Happening to Our Caterpillars?
Seventh graders participate in a lesson making observations of caterpillars. They identify different changes in the life cycle of a caterpillar and also understand the final result of the life cycle ending.
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Animal Activities: Teacher's Pets
Pupils watch meal worms turn into beetles in the classroom.
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Time For A Change: Illustrated Plates
Students create illustrated plastic plate designs depicting a physical, chemical, or biological change of some kind after investigating the artwork of porcelain artist Kataro Shirayamadani.