Lesson Plan
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Building A Bug Bungalow

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars chart how milkweed bugs grow and change.  In this growth and life stages lesson, students read two stories and discuss how and why things grow.  Young scholars brainstorm what can be measured about humans, review...
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What Does a Monarch Caterpillar Eat?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study what monarch caterpillars eat by solving math problems and reading The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth-Century Tale from Japan. They analyze why Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed leaves and solve...
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Mimicry: Other Insects That Resemble Bees

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners 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.