Second graders identify ways that both insects and humans protect themselves from physical and biological hazards in their environment. They rear moths from egg to adult and consider the importance of trusting their own instincts.

Learners investigate how honey bees and other insects are portrayed in the press. read the articles and compare and contrast the tone of each article. Have students create a list of the verbs used in each article and assess the overall...

Students classify bugs as pest or non-pests and identify ways to control them. They also examine the three levels of pesticides by reading the labels. Students complete charts of signal words on pesticide labels.

Second graders experiment to find if pollinators have color preferences.  In this plant and bug lesson, 2nd graders gather information about how flowers pollinate. Students participate in a pollination experiment using the...

Students read the book The Adventure of Echo the Bat. In this animal science instructional activity, students read the book and create a chart labeled "Land Feature," "Habitat," and "Food." Students fill in the table according to where...

Students examine soil. In this soil composition lesson students participate in soil sedimentation and filtration activities. The students discuss what non-living and living things are in soil and why it is so important.

Students investigate germs. In this cross curriculum health and biology lesson, students listen to Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth and identify ways in which flies spread germs. Students discuss hand washing during a visit by the school...

Students chart how milkweed bugs grow and change.  In this growth and life stages lesson, students read two stories and discuss how and why things grow.  Students brainstorm what can be measured about humans, review and discuss...

Students review the parts of the plant and recognize the parts that are important for pollination.  In this pollination lesson, students illustrate and label the parts of a flower.  Students compare different types of flowers.

In this environmental problems and solutions worksheet, students are given a list of 25 environmental problems. They match them with a given solution and paste the matching pairs to a piece of construction paper.

In this blood sucking animals activity, students answer 20 questions about leeches, mosquitoes, Chepo bugs, and bats which all suck blood to transmit diseases or get nutrients.

Students explore biological evolution and natural selection and its evolutionary consequences. They also explore how organisms are interdependent on one another.

Students explore mantid eyes and human eyes. In this mantid eyes and human eyes research lesson, students work in small groups to gather information. Students read books, observe mantids, and do experiments. Students then present their...

In this layer of the earth learning exercise, students label and color each layer of the earth. Then students are asked to describe each layer below.

In this worksheet on the life cycle of the butterfly, students look at 4 pictures representing the life cycle stages, and choose words from a word box that match each picture. Students then number the pictures in the correct order of...

Students explore the lives of bats. In this bat lesson plan, students participate in up 6 activities that focus on bats and build their background knowledge about the nocturnal mammals.

Students explore how plants move in response to the environment. In this plant lesson, students engage in three different experiments to investigate how plants grow and move. Resources available in English and French.

Students create friendship bracelets and quilt squares. For this plant lesson student dye their own string and cotton material with plant pigments. Students use the naturally dyed materials to create the friendship bracelets and quilt...

Students explore the ecosystem and food chain by researching Pacific Salmon. In this fish habitat activity, students discover the life cycle for salmon, where they spawn and what they eat to survive the harsh elements. Students...

Third graders observe, predict, record and report on a series of experiments with a praying mantid to test its visual acuity. They study the parts of an eye and compare human and mantid eyes.

In this arthropod life cycle learning exercise, students will use a diagram showing the 4 stages of butterfly metamorphosis to complete a table describing each of the stages.

In this fossils worksheet, high schoolers will read 15 statements and determine if it is describing a fossil or not. If it does describe a fossil, students must identify what type of fossil it is. Then high schoolers will complete 3...

In this arthropods worksheet, students review the characteristics of arthropods by choosing from 15 terms to fill in the blank of 10 statements.

In this invertebrate worksheet, students review characteristics of the different types of invertebrates. This worksheet places 32 vocabulary words into a crossword puzzle.