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Insect Anatomy

For Students 2nd - 6th
Break down insect anatomy with this worksheet! Class members diagram insect anatomy by drawing a line from the names of grasshopper body parts to the corresponding parts on an image of a grasshopper. The worksheet provides the word bank...
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Adopt-An-Insect III

For Students 7th - 9th
For this biology worksheet, students search through the links provided on insects to identify the order to which each insect belongs. Then they write the characteristics that distinguish insects from other arthropods. Students also...
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Create An Insect

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a new species of insect. They create a list of insect characteristics and use this as a springboard to draw an insect of their own. Students write a brief descriptive paragraphs about their insect, giving particular...
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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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Bug's Eye View

For Teachers K - 5th
Investigate the life of bugs and how they interact with the environment in this integrated science and language arts lesson. Young scientists construct mini environments in cages in order to make observations. This data forms the basis...
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What is an Insect?

For Teachers K - 3rd
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

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Pupils 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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Mimicry: Other Insects That Resemble Bees

For Teachers 7th - 8th
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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Insect Word Search

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this insects word puzzle instructional activity, students examine the 9 insect-related words and names in the word bank and locate them in the word search puzzle.
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Insects Accordion Book

For Teachers K - 1st
In this insects accordion book, students read two pages, "1 butterfly, 2 grasshoppers." There is room on each page for students to illustrate. Students fold and glue the pages after they cut them out.
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Are You an Ant?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate different insects in their backyard. For this insect lesson, students read the book Are You and Ant? and apply the reading to their backyards. Students create a list of animals that begin with the the letter A an...
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Adopt-An-Insect Bingo

For Students 5th - 8th
In this biology worksheet, students select twenty-five terms relating to insects to complete their bingo card as listed on the sheet. Then they match each name or family with its correct description.
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Insect Unit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the lives, and features of insects in the series of lessons that make up this unit.
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Bug's Eye View

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore biology by writing fictitious stories in class. In this insect life lesson, students identify many different types of insects in the animal kingdom and the classifications they fall into. Students collect insects on a...
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Hopper Herding

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners explore biology by examining insects up close. In this grasshopper and cricket lesson, students discuss the types of insects that can jump and why it is important they are able to do so. Learners examine a grassy field with...
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Hop to It!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate an understanding of the different physical attributes and abilities of arthropods and people by observing, collecting data, and participating in a movement activity.
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Catch As Catch Can

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students capture and observe insects. Using provided netting, students design and create a butterfly net. They study many types of insects and their benefits. After identifying insects caught, students complete a graph. Students write...
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Catch as Catch Can

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate insects. In this insect analysis lesson, students catch insects using nets they make. They identify the insects they catch and create a chart to show the numbers and varieties. This lesson includes a vocabulary list...
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James and the Giant Peach: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Everyone wants to feel like they belong. James, in James and the Giant Peach, finds a feeling of belonging in a very odd place—inside a peach! Scholars read the story of James and the Peach and work through vocabulary, language, and...
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Arthropod Coloring Worksheet

For Students 6th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, learners color and label the different parts of arthropods. They complete 63 short answer and fill in the blank questions on arthropods.
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How Manduca See

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate how manduca sees and they discuss what they think the manduca might be thinking. They write a story about what an insect sees and does from the insect's perspective.
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Punctuation

For Students 3rd - 6th
Sharpen those punctuation skills with this multiple choice worksheet. There are 10 sentences to read, and learners make corrections where needed. Tip: Have your emerging editors go back to their own written work and edit where necessary.
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All About Seeds!

For Students K - 2nd
How do fruits relate to flowers and seeds? Identify the seeds and their purpose with a coloring activity for kindergartners. Once they color the seeds of apples, bananas, and peas (among others), kids get hands-on experience with bean...
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If I Could Talk Like the Animals. . .

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners read and discuss a film review of the animated movie Antz and then write a monologue from the perspective of a non-human organism.