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Hopper Herding

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

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss the definition of patterns, and sing the song, Going Buggy, identifying patterns in the song. They create original patterns using bug counters and insect stickers.
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Roaches Are Yucky!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils research facts about an insect using the Internet.
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Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd
Using computers, Students work in small groups and progress through the roles of Explorer, Researcher, Designer, and Evaluator as they study the life cycle of plants, insects, butterflies and frogs.
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Word Search: Ladybugs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this insect word search learning exercise, 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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Diversity of Arthropods

For Students 9th - 12th
In this arthropods worksheet, students will review the characteristics of the different types of arthropods including spiders, ticks, crustaceans, millipedes, and insects. Students will also understand the difference between complete and...
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Bugs Word Search Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science word search instructional activity, 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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Choose Your Defense: Spines, Vomit and Camouflage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate defensive mechanisms of insects and organisms.  In this biology lesson, students draw imaginary caterpillars as well as imaginary parasites that will harm the caterpillar.  Students utilize the Internet to...
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Bees and Wasps

For Students 4th - 6th
In this biology worksheet, students look for the details that are common to the insects. Then they label the parts for the two diagrams.
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Adaptations for Survival--The Spittlebug

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this adaptations for survival worksheet, 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...
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Intermediate Addition

For Students 2nd
Here's a fun counting worksheet to give to young learners. Each problem has pictures or animals, insects and people. Students count the number of feet total. The last problem is a fun challenge that asks student to draw thier own picture...
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Bug Picture Matching

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this recognizing same and different pictures instructional activity, students observe two columns of colored insects and match the pairs that are the same. Students match 6 answers.
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Earthworms and Making a Wormery

For Teachers 1st - 5th
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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Bugs, Worms and Others

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners 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 or a...
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We Are All In This Together

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe four different arthropods.Students find, observe, discuss and record similarities and differences among and between insects and people. They appreciate diversity in and recognize unity of all people.
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Plants And Pollination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe sexual reproduction in plants, including the process of pollination, how insects assist in pollination, and how pollination differs from fertilization. They also explore the importance of honey bees to Arizona agriculture.
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Identifying plants, animals, insects, reptiles, and birds on the prairie

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students identify all of the plant an animal life on the prairie.  In this plant identification lesson plan students divide into groups and draw sketches of things they saw on the prairie. 
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Butterflies

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
For this science and reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1 page detailed passage about butterflies. Students then answer 7 questions.
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Insects N Bugs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary review worksheet, students locate the names of eleven bugs or insects on a word search puzzle. The puzzle is a fourteen by fourteen letter grid.
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Spider Watching

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Spiders are creepy, crawly - and interesting! Young entomologists learn about parts of a spider's body, their habitats, ways spiders catch their prey, and what they most like to eat. Some excellent art activities are included in the plan...
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Hopper Circus

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore biology by participating in an insect identification activity. In this grasshopper lesson plan, students discuss the types of insects who jump high and identify their anatomical parts. Students collect a group of...
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The Black Plague: International Insects

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research conditions that caused 16th Century Black Plague and led to downfall of Europe, and examine causes and effects of population density, disease, and invention.
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Introduction to Adult Insects and Their Adaptations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study organisms found in Class Insecta. They examine the different adaptations these organisms have developed over time to survive and prosper in their respective habitats. They research the origin of the names of several orders...
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Butterfly Quest

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
This worksheet calls for young scientists to create a diagram of a butterfly's life cycle and then answer a series of short-answer and fill-in -the-blank questions. The questions are broken down by the stages of a butterfly's life cycle:...

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