Teaching Themes
Insects and Bugs: Everything You Need
Lesson plans, activities, and other resources to teach students about bugs and insects of all shapes and sizes.
Online Learning Activities
Monster Bugs: A Going Bug-gy! Activity
Grades: 1–2, 3–5
Combine bug parts to create bugs found in nature or brand new creatures.
Computer Lab Activities
Build Your Own Caterpillar: An Endangered Ecosystems Activity
Grades: 3–5, 6–8
Students can create their own caterpillars, and with helpful hints, learn to build them so they would survive in their environment.
Insects / Bugs Books
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
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 Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Online Learning Activities Going Bug-gy! Facts and Fun About Insects and BugsGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 A collection of fun online activities and resources to introduce your students to the world of insects and bugs. |
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 Online Learning Activities Classify Insects: A Science Explorations ActivityGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Introduce students to observation, classification, and inference skills while also teaching them how to find and predict patterns. |
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Articles Tap Into a Trapper printableGrades: PreK–K, 1–2
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Articles April 2000 Interview with Ms. FrizzleGrades: 3–5 Ms. Frizzle was interviewed by Scholastic students in April 2000.What makes a bug a bug, an insect an insect, and a spider a spider? |
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Articles, Writing Prompts The Grouchy Ladybug Writing PromptGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Writing Prompt for The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle. |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its PantsGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 What's the best way to get to know ants better? The Magic School Bus kids watch ants and figure out what they're doing. Your kids can observe... |
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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus in a BeehiveGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 How do the Magic School Bus kids communicate where nectar flowers are? By dancing like bees! Challenge your kids to dance the Honey-Bee-Bop to... |
Activities and Games Butterfly and the Bog BeastGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 To protect themselves, butterflies can blend in with their surroundings or pretend to be something they're not. Your kids make a butterfly with... |
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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Spins a WebGrades: 3–5 In this Magic School Bus activity, Ms. Frizzle's class takes a field trip. The class goes inside a 1950s science fiction film starring giant... |
Teaching Guides, Book Resources The Very Hungry Caterpillar Teaching PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Teaching plan for The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, including how to use the book to review several basic concepts, including... |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources The Grouchy Ladybug Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activity for The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle. |
Articles Bugs Caught in the WebGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 This content resource helps teachers and students locate information on bugs and insects through various sites. Many related links, facts about... |
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 Extension Activities I'm a Caterpillar Extension ActivityGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students will create a word butterfly with this extension activity for I'm a Caterpillar by Jean Marzollo. |
Extension Activities The Itsy Bitsy Spider Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K Extension activity for The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Rosemary Wells. |
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Activities and Games Collecting Caterpillars or Other InsectsGrades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Explore the environment through specific organisms. Caterpillars and other insects are interesting, plentiful, and quite varied. With some care,... |
Articles Why Caterpillars?Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Caterpillars are very important to the forest, but very little is known about their life cycles. |
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Articles Caterpillar DefensesGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Learn how caterpillars protect and defend themselves in nature. |
Articles, Book Resources Books for Teaching About Bugs, Insects, and SpidersGrades: PreK–K Teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use. |
