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Spider "How To" Make a Spider

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young chefs follow the set-by-step instructions of a recipe and use their prior knowledge of the body parts of a spider to make edible spider cookies.  After completing a pre-writing graphic organizer they then write a "how to"...
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The Spider Beside Her

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to the characteristics of spiders. In groups, they compare and contrast spiders to different insects to discover spiders are not an insect at all. In groups, they create a model of a spider and discuss its...
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Spiders

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils study spiders. In this spider lesson plan, students divide into four study groups, research their topic, and give a report over their findings. The four topics are Characteristics of spiders, life cycles of spiders, fun facts...
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Spider Body Parts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners identify spider body parts. In this arachnid lesson, students review the story Amazing World of Spiders and discuss the various spider body parts. Learners fill in the correct body parts on a copy of a blank spider diagram....
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Comparing Spiders to Insects

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research spiders and insects through a variety of Internet sites and compare them.  In this spider and insect instructional activity, 3rd graders complete a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting insects and...
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Spying on Spiders

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate spiders. In this spiders lesson, students create a habitat for a spider with a jar, twigs, and dirt. Students observe the behavior of the spider and record how they spend their days.
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The Happy Game: Insects

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young students will love learning with this fun and animated game. They feed the 'Happy Head' by answering questions about insects correctly. This game would be great as a science review or as a way for students to test what they know...
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The Spider Beside Her

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders expand their knowledge of spiders. By creating a model of a spider, 2nd graders recognize differences between spiders and insects and determine that a spider is not an insect.
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Make a Spider

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create spider crafts. For this spider craft lesson, students create three different spider based crafts. Students create a spider, a spider web, and a spider collage.
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Spiders

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students read books and make art projects dealing with spiders. In this spiders lesson plan, students learn about the different characteristics of spiders through listening, answering questions, and making spiders.
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Spider Anatomy Lesson: Is It a Spider?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students review information on a website which shows different types of spiders. They sort images of spiders from other insects. They create their own spider out of materials and share them with their classmates.
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Spiders Live Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the different habitats of spiders.
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Spider Poems: The Spider and the Fly

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students review the information they gathered on different websites to write a poem about spiders. They use other websites to gain more information if needed. They share their poem with the class.
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Spiders Have Too Many Legs, Study Finds

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore current events by answering study questions about an article. In this arachnids lesson, students read a recently published article which discusses the importance of spiders and their 8 legs. Students answer study...
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Rider Spider

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review the unit on arachnids and develop skill in most advanced paper cutting techniques. They each: Cut one 2-1/2" circle from black paper. Run through Paper Crimper. 2. Cut one 2" circle from orange paper. 3. Add a Paper Chain...
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Anansi And Turtle Go To Dinner

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
That tricky Anansi! Join him and Turtle in the story Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk, based on the African folktale. Kids answer comprehension questions and sing songs about spiders before creating spider...
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Spiders and their Webs

For Teachers K
Students investigate spider webs. In this spider web lesson, students gain information about spider body parts and how they make their webs. Students simlulate what it is like to be a spider walking on their web. Students illustrate...
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Creeping Through Spider Webs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research spider webs in depth. They create a PowerPoint show on spiders and their webs. They relate the web life of a spider to that one of a humans spider web. The detanglement process.
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Science: How to Identify Insects

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover how to distinguish spiders from insects by understanding the characteristics of each. They sort online picture pages into the two groups and examine the insects for common attributes. Students complete a worksheet...
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Creepy Crawlers

For Teachers K
Students study insects and spiders, and answer questions about the insects they have studied. They complete an insect word search, praying mantis color sheet, and spider and insect Venn diagram. They finish up with a trip to the local...
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Sticky Spiders

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about spider webs. In this spider web lesson, students listen to and read the transcript of a discussion with science reporter, Bob Hirshon about spider webs. They answer comprehension questions based on the transcript.
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Spiders - KidPix

For Teachers K
Students answer questions after a story is read aloud, identify and recall the three major body parts of a spider (head, body and 8 legs), construct a spider when given parts of a spider on a handout, and draw and decorate a spider using...
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Spiders are Special

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize that spiders are important natural predators. They work in small groups with simple field guides to identify as many of their spiders as they can.
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Very Busy Spiders

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students identify spider parts, and distiguish between web building and wandering spiders. They complete a spider webquest.

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