Read Works
Read Works: Web Weavers
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how spiders and the ways they use their silk. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Spider Math
Explore intergers by determing which two integers make the given answer.
University of Arizona
Univ. Of Az: Spiders: An Organism for Teaching Biology
Students capture spiders and then conduct various experiments to identify their spider, analyze its feeding rate, and discover its effect on populations of insects. Includes directions for student activities and teaching tips.
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Week of 5 6 13: A Spider as Big as Your Head
Learn about the recent discovery in Sri Lanka of a tarantula almost the size of a person's head!
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Reading Comprehension Assessment: "Spider Webs" [Pdf]
Read Theory provides a free reading comprehension assessment that is designed for reading students in early elementary grades. Six multiple choice questions and three extended response questions are included on the assessment.
Other
The Tetragnathidae Family
A resource with information on a family of spiders similar to the orb-web spiders. Includes a section on the Tetragnatha genus, which have extremely large jaws. There are many photos.
Other
Family Scytodidae
A web site on the family of scytodidae. Includes information about qualities specific to this family of spiders. Contains multiple pictures and a diagram.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Animals
This online site for the Australian Museum introduces the nature and culture of this unique continent. This particular section focuses on the creatures of Australia including spiders, fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, insects, frogs,...
Other
Monkey Zone: Spider Monkeys
This brief site discusses the physical characteristics, range/habitat, adaptations, and diet of the spider monkey.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Spider
A close up photo of a spider as it weaves an intricate web which it hopes to catch small insects in. Learn about a wide range of spiders while checking out our fun spider facts for kids.
Curated OER
Crab Spider
Learn about the basic body parts of a spider. Click on the term and get a brief description.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:5 Investigation 13 What's Bugging You?
Learn if a bug is an insect or a spider.
Songs for Teaching
Songs for Teaching: Arachnids
At this site from Songs for Teaching, Dennis Westphall sings a great song that tells the characteristics of a spider. It even points out traits of specific spiders such as the black widow.
Curated OER
Crab Spiders: Family Thomisidae
This site contains information on the Thomisidae family and offers plenty of pictures. Includes a section on the mating habits of the Genus Xysticus.
Curated OER
Wilderness Classroom Organization: Spider Monkey
This brief site provides general information (physical characteristics, diet, way it travels through the forest) and several interesting spider monkey pictures.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Spiders and Scorpions More Arthropods
Spiders, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs are featured as arthropods.
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Critter Catalog: Arachnids
This informative site provides a general description of arachnids and then focuses on arachnids native to southeastern Michigan. Pictures and classification groupings are included.
Other
Insectclopedia: Lesson Plans
A very comprehensive site from pedagonet.com that includes lesson plans on insects for all ages and grade levels. Learners will enjoy learning about insects as you employ these engaging lesson plans in your own classroom.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: No Fly Zone
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students calculate the probability that a spider web will catch a fly. The webs are modeled as standard geometric figures (circle, rectangle, triangle), and assumptions are...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: A Poetic Experiment: Walt Whitman, Interpreted by Three Animators
Take a journey through Walt Whitman's poem 'A Noiseless Patient Spider' with the help of three animators who each used a different animation style to bring this beautiful poem to life. [3:28]
Other popular searches
- Spiders Life Cycles
- Insects and Spiders
- Arachnids/ Spiders
- Black Widow Spiders
- Science Spiders
- Arachnids and Spiders
- Bats and Spiders
- Spiders and Science
- Spiders Crossword
- Arachnids Spiders
- Miss Spiders Tea Party
- Spiders and the Environment