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Insects Lesson Plan for K-2

Submitted by Ellen on Tue, May 18, 2010 - 10:01am
  • activities
  • bugs
  • elementary
  • free
  • hands-on
  • insects
  • kindergarten
  • lesson plan
  • nature

Ideas and links for little ones wanting to know more about bugs.  Includes tie-ins to more basic scientific concepts like classification, and habitats.

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KidsGardening.com: Ideas for using gardening as a tool for learning

Submitted by Ellen on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 - 9:26am
  • botany
  • bugs
  • curriculum
  • earth science
  • free
  • gardening
  • hydroponics
  • pollination
  • science

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

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Second Fridays: Backyard Bugs

Submitted by Ellen on Sun, Aug 30, 2009 - 4:08pm
  • 3-5 y.o.
  • 6-8 y.o.
  • 9-11 y.o.
  • bugs
  • ladybugs
  • nature
Date: 
Friday, September 11, 2009 - 9:30am - 11:30am
Tamarack Nature Center

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

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Pest World

Submitted by jenv on Fri, Jun 19, 2009 - 3:31pm
  • bugs
  • games
  • guides
  • insects
  • nature
  • science fair kits

Pest Guide, Pest Game, Report Writing, Science Fair kits, Bugs, Insects

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Ten Little Sleepyheads by Elizabeth Provost

  • bugs
  • nature
  • pre-reader
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Spiders and Their Webs by Darlyne Murawski

  • bugs
  • independent reader
  • nature
  • science
  • spiders
  • webs
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Mosquito Bite by Alexandra Siy & Dennis Kunkel

  • bite
  • bugs
  • hide and seek
  • independent reader
  • mosquito
  • nature
  • playing
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Miss Spider: Miss Spider's Family Album by David Kirk

  • bugs
  • family
  • miss spider
  • nature
  • spider
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Itsy Bitsy, the Smart Spider by Charise Mericle Harper

  • beginning reader
  • bugs
  • dogs
  • fleas
  • nature
  • spider
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Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian

  • beginning reader
  • Black Widow spider
  • bugs
  • nature
  • pictures
  • poems
  • preying mantis
  • whirligig beetle
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