In this science and math worksheet, 2nd graders think of different ways they can sort bugs that are given to them in a bag. They complete a graph in which they sort the bugs with stripes, spots and solid colors.

In this science worksheet, students learn that ants live underground. Students complete a maze from an anthill to an ant's home underground

In this science worksheet, students examine 3 pictures of an insect, frog and tree. Next to each picture, there is the same image which has been divided into 9 pieces and scrambled. Students put the pictures in order by numbering them...

In this science and visual discrimination worksheet, learners examine images of a damselfly, balsam poplar and a yellowjacket. Next to each picture is the same image which has been divided into 9 pieces and scrambled. Students place the...

Pupils examine soil in forests looking for animals and insects. They divide the animals based on their number of legs and draw the animal they have collected.

In this word search learning exercise, students locate 17 words related to earthworms. Words include decayed, present, similar, waste, enemies, and insects.

In this insects worksheet, students look over 6 different pictures of butterflies, name each butterfly and then find out what else they can find out about each one.

In this animal vocabulary instructional activity, students categorize the list of animals according to their type: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects.

In this nocturnal animals worksheet, learners study a fact page with lists of mammals, insects, birds and amphibians that they may see on the school grounds at night. There are no questions to answer.

In this food chain instructional activity, students circle organisms that complete food chains shown, 5 total. All chains begin with the sun and move through insects, plant life and animals.

Learners trap, collect and identify arthropods in a newly created desert tortoise preserve area over a period of one school year. They determine the rate at which various arthropods take up residence in the newly landscaped area. Data is...

What can you contribute? Scholars read text to determine how ants contribute to the rainforest. First, they categorize and sort facts gathered from reading. Next, readers focus on specific terms in each paragraphs of the text Ants by...

Make cute ladybugs with egg cartons and pipe cleaners! After you read some facts about ladybugs, use different materials to make some ladybugs for your classroom.

Rainforests are the topic of this brief reading passage. Learners can find out all about the different layers of the rainforest as well as the types of creatures that live there. After reading, they respond to five questions about the text.

Introduce your class to producers, consumers, and pollinators with a reading passage. Class members read the text and respond to five related questions.

That tricky Anansi! Join him and Turtle in the story Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk, based on the African folktale. Kids answer comprehension questions and sing songs about spiders before creating spider...

Help your class use critical thinking when it comes to unfamiliar words. With vocabulary from Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter, kids write the word in the center of a graphic organizer, and find its category, comparisons,...

Get the bat facts with a short nonfiction reading passage. After reading the passage, readers respond to questions that focus on main idea, inferencing, vocabulary in context, and author's purpose.

Young scholars observe three qualitative and quantitative observations. The students further practice the follwoing: asking research questions,forming a hypothesis, and describe how ant lions catch their prey. Young scholars also form...

High schoolers, while studying the rolls of pollinators and plants, explore co-evolution of mutualistic relationships.

Students create a unique bug. For this lesson about bugs, students use their imagination to develop a new kind of bug. Students use construction paper, scissors, glue, and crayons to make their bug. Students explore the different parts...

Students investigate crickets. In this series of cricket activities, students observe and chart crickets.  Students discuss the differences between male and female crickets, record findings in a journal, handle crickets, and read a...

Students construct fly traps, collect house flies, and observe the flies grooming. They compare/contrast the fly's grooming techniques with their own. They develop a good grooming habits chart.

In this "Comparing Minibeasts Data Worksheet", learners respond to four short answer, one drawing, and eight graphic organizer questions.