bugs
Insects Lesson Plan for K-2
Ideas and links for little ones wanting to know more about bugs. Includes tie-ins to more basic scientific concepts like classification, and habitats.
KidsGardening.com: Ideas for using gardening as a tool for learning
This website is focused primarily on school gardens, but there's little here that couldn't be done as easily by homeschoolers. The "Classroom projects" section includes a wide variety of gardening related projects-- from poetry and photography to meteorology to cooking and food preservation and more. "Thematic explorations" has information to help you plan your learning garden, including ideas for families without much space to devote to the project. If you want even more, check out the "pollinator curriculum", a free complete curriculum for upper elementary, which seems i
Second Fridays: Backyard Bugs
Date:
Friday, September 11, 2009 - 9:30am - 11:30am
Backyard Bugs
We’ll learn what makes insects special, and just how much we depend on them! You will make a model of a ladybug nymph and show how it grows , use a sweep net to capture and observe insects in the field, play an insect locomotion game and hear a story about bugs.
Register for either the morning session from 9:30-11:30am, or the afternoon session from 12:30-2:30pm
Pest World
Pest Guide, Pest Game, Report Writing, Science Fair kits, Bugs, Insects
