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What is an Insect?
Students examine insects and identify physical characteristics of insects. They perform observations of insects, then use a worksheet imbedded in this plan to answer questions about them.
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Insects
Learners read books, learn about the letter i, and eat raisins that represent ants all to learn about insects. In this insects lesson plan, students also observe an ant farm and play follow the leader.
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Graphing Aquatic Insects
Students identify aquatic insects. In this organism lesson plan, students locate aquatic insects near a local waterway and collect them. Students graph the amount of insects that they collected.
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Create Your Own Insect
In insect worksheet, students read the facts about insects. Students then use the insects and create their own insect including all the body parts listed.
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Insects
In this insects learning exercise, students read a short passage on insects and then answer 4 short answer questions on the lines provided.
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If I Was A Insect? Worksheet
In this insect worksheet, students answer questions as if they were a specific insect. They tell which insect they are, what other animals they see, what they eat, what their biggest threat is, and how long they will live.
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Insects Word Search Worksheet
In this insects worksheet, students analyze 20 words in a word box that pertain to insects. Students find each word in a word search puzzle.
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Am I an Insect?
In this insects worksheet, learners read about the attributes and characteristics of insects. Students tell if each of 12 animals are insects or not. Research may be needed. This is an on-line interactive worksheet.
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Mimicry: Other Insects That Resemble Bees
Students design a conceptual experiment to test whether mimics actually benefit from the fact they resemble other organisms or objects. They define the term mimicry. They focus on insects that resemble bees and wasps.
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Insects
First graders view internet web sites, books and printed sources to research insects. They make a poster telling about the bug's habitat, it's diet, what it looks like, and it's enemies.
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Comparing Insects and Humans Venn Diagram
In this science comparison worksheet, students compare insects and humans. They fill in the three sections of a Venn diagram with the similarities and differences.
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Garden Pests and Problems: Insect Show and Tell
Which bugs are beneficial? Choose one of the bugs listed on the assignment sheet, and write a report about it! You can choose from lady beetles, robber flies, assassin bugs, etc. This is a thorough assignment sheet to distribute to your...
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Number Insects
Youngsters color the number of insects that coincide with the number that is given for each of the seven problems. The simple instructional activity also directs young writers to trace the number that is given. Ideal for children that...
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Insect Pitfall Traps
Students ask testable questions, use the inquiry cycle to investigate, gather data and interpret the results, study the diversity of insects and other smallorganisms which live around the school; they can make an inventory /collection of...
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Bug Me While I'm Eating!
Students explore nutritional value of insects as food, and compare the nutritional value of insects with that of their favorite foods by completing a table.
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Feelin' Buggy
Students discuss five senses, compare and contrast human and insect senses, use adjectives to describe things they touch, smell, and see, and write stories in first person describing what it would be like to be size of insect.
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If the Forests Could TAlk
Third graders research insects using the internet sites provided. They research the role of insects as pollinators for plants, and the impact they have on our ecosystem. They participate in various activities/centers utilizing the facts...
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Just Plain Buggy: Art and Science
Budding artists explore the shapes and parts that make insects so fascinating to study, then use what they see to create original insect inspired designs. They use wax, dye, and fabric to create their designs.
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Bug Snack
Students create an insect out of food. In this insect characteristics lesson, students review the 3 body parts of an insect and use various foods to create a sample insect. Students learn a song about insect body parts.
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Bug's Eye View
Investigate the life of bugs and how they interact with the environment in this integrated science and language arts instructional activity. Young scientists construct mini environments in cages in order to make observations. This data...
University of Kentucky
Beneficial Bug Scavenger Hunt
Many people think of bugs as annoying pests to be squashed, but most insects and spiders are beneficial, eating the actual pests or pollinating plants. After reviewing some of the common bugs in your area (they may differ from those...
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Arthropods
Are spiders related to crabs? Study the order of arthropods with a reading selection about animal diversity. It provides details about each class within the order, as well as vivid pictures and explanatory charts.
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Positive/Negative Bugs
Bugs can be creepy - and fun! Kids create a positive and negative design by repeatedly drawing a simple insect overlaid with a geometric shape. The outcome is really neat and will help build spacial reasoning, visual acuteness, and...
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Wasps and Ladybugs
Can a good bug ever become a bad bug? An elementary entomology resource explores what to do when too many ladybugs or too many bees are in your home and can become a problem.
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