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Insect Lesson Plans
- Adopt-An-Insect Project- "The goal of the Adopt-An-Insect project is to create a school-wide insect collection."
- Africanized Honey Bees on the Move Lesson Plans- K-12 lesson plans.
- Bee Unit Study- For grade 1 teachers.
- Bees and Ants- 12 activity lesson.
- Bugs! Lesson Plan- "Students will tear colored paper into shapes appropriate to imaginary insects. Shapes will be arranged and glued to a background sheet."
- Bug Go- "Bug-go is designed to help the players learn to identify some insects while learning which insects are beneficial and interesting facts about others."
- Butterfly & Caterpillar- Investigate and understand basic needs and life processes of plants and animals. Plants and animals live and die (go through a life cycle) Off springs of plants and animals are similar but not identical to their parents and one another.
- Butterfly or Moth?- This lesson focuses on the how to differentiate butterflies from moths.
- Can You Identify Arthropods?- Through the observation process can you identify and classify arthropods?
- Choose an Insect- Students will write a short report addressing important facts about particular insects' lifestyle.
- Classroom Mascots- An insect unit isn't complete without live insects in the classroom. Many students like to bring insects for 'show and tell.'
- Crazy Critters- The purpose of this lesson is to allow students the opportunity to explore and collect insects from a local park. The students will return to class and record the habitat in which the insect lived.
- How Fast Do Ants Go?- This activity is designed so students can make discoveries about some important aspects of biology as a science.
- Insect Condominiums- The student will use problem solving techniques and critical thinking skills in order to construct and maintain a home specifically suited to his/ her insect pet.
- Insect Modeling- Make some neat Insect models.
- Insect Survival: camouflage- The student will draw conclusions regarding the advantages of camouflage in nature; the student will also observe the consequences of environmental alteration, whether natural or man made, and the process of natural selection.
- Insects All Year- A lesson per month.
- Insects at Home- At the end of this activity the student will have searched their house and surrounding neighborhood for insects. The students will complete a chart that will help the students organize the name, physical description, location where found, and any unique characteristics of the insect.
- Insect Communication and Harmful Insects- Ask students to hypothesize how insects communicate. Do they communicate like humans?
- Insect Travel Brochure- This activity is intended to help students in understanding habitat, and the different producers and consumers within a habitat. This is an activity for seventh graders that will take 2-3 days to complete.
- Insects Throughout Time- This unit is comprised of a series of activities to have children discover the presence and importance of insects throughout history.
- Insects We Love and Hate- This lesson is about insects rather than parasites, but it teaches students about some insect parasites (e.g., mosquitoes and lice) as well as about insects in general.
- The Internal Anatomy of the Grasshopper- By identifying the internal anatomy of the grasshopper, the students will begin to discover that organisms have organs that function similar to those of humans.
- Ladybird Beetle Rearing- Activity.
- Learning in Cockroaches- To see, if by providing a positive stimulus, students can detect learning in cockroaches. A secondary purpose is to provide students with the opportunity to carefully observe and work with an insect they normally find offensive.
- Let's Create An Ecosystem- Introduce students to the concept of ecosystems by allowing student to create their own ecosystem in a jar.
- Little Me In A Big World- Over a three or four day period while looking at obstacles that humans and insects encounter, students will predict, observe and record strategies to overcome them using discussions, role play, and charts.
- Parts of a Dragonfly- Make a dragonfly model.
- Spiders and Insects- Students will be able to identify the characteristics of spiders and insects. They will be able to compare and contrast spiders and insects.
- Spooky Spiders
- Termite Trails- Students will observe the behavior of termites and draw conclusions about their behavior.
- Using Insects in the Classroom- The objectives of this page are to give educators basic information about insects and ideas on how to use insects in the classroom.
- What Are Ecosystems?- The student will be able to recognize and understand ecosystems.
- What Insect Am I- The students will be able to identify different types of insects as they process information given to them.
- Who Lives Here?- The students will participate in an activity that will reinforce the importance of adaptations and camouflage in a habitat.
- Zoo For Small Creatures
