Insects and Their Environment
Date
04/12/10
Monday
04/13/10
Tuesday
04/14/10
Wednesday
04/15/10
Thursday
04/16/10
Friday
04/19/10
Monday
04/20/10
Tuesday
04/21/10
Wednesday
04/22/10
Thursday
04/23/10
Friday
04/26/10
Monday
Define the term “insect”. Describe
the types of movement for
caterpillars.
Objective
Daily Plan
Topic: Insect Definition and Caterpillars.
1. Insect Introduction Reading and Comprehension
Questions, #1-15.
2. Move like a Caterpillar, p. 43 #1-3.
Examine the life cycle of a
butterfly from egg to caterpillar to
chrysalis to butterfly.
Topic: Butterflies.
1. Life Cycle of a Butterfly Book Making
Describe the anatomy of a
butterfly and how it relates to
their feeding habits.
Topic: Butterflies.
1. Butterfly Body Parts.
2. Origami Butterfly.
Construct a model of a ladybug to
learn the anatomy including the
elytra.
Topic: Ladybugs.
1. Ladybug Anatomy, p. 27.
2. Egg Carton Ladybug.
Follow a “100 A Day” Diet plan to
demonstrate how much ladybugs
can eat.
Topic: Ladybugs.
1. Aphid Eaters, p. 28-29.
2. “100 A Day” Diet.
Explore the compound eye vision
of a fly.
Topic: Flies.
1. Fly Facts and Figures, p. 35.
2. Focus on Flies, p. 37.
Create a booklet describing the
sequence of the development of a
firefly from egg to adult.
Topic: Fireflies.
1. All about Fireflies, p. 22.
2. How Does A Glowworm Grow? p. 23.
Describe how a firefly uses
chemical reactions within its body
to produce bioluminescence.
Topic: Fireflies.
1. Experimenting with Bioluminescence, p.24.
2. Firefly Art, p. 25.
Celebrate Earth Day through a
variety of activities designed to
raise student awareness of
environmental concerns.
Homework
Get Syllabus
Signed.
Topic: HAPPY EARTH DAY!
1. Earth Day Activities.
2. Recycle Relay.
Review of Insects Facts. Use Kagan
Cooperative Learning activity to
reinforce learning.
Topic: Insect Review.
1. KCL: Who am I? Students will be assigned an
insect that we have studied and they must guess
the identity of by asking yes or no questions.
2. “If I was a…” Journal Entry.
Complete an ant fact challenge.
Describe the sequence of events in
an ant life cycle.
Topic: Ants.
1. All About Ants, p.7.
2. Ant Life Cycle
Wordsearch.
04/27/10
Tuesday
04/28/10
Wednesday
Label a diagram of an ant’s body
parts.
Complete a puzzle to match
answers to questions about
mosquitoes.
04/29/10
Thursday
Describe insect camouflage and
protective coloration. Explore how
spiracles help a grasshopper to
float.
04/30/10
Friday
Experiment to stimulate the
chirping sounds of crickets. Label
the diagram of a cricket’s body
with the part name and function
05/03/10
Monday
. Complete a chart showing the
similarities and differences of a
variety of bees.
Taste a variety of honey flavors.
05/04/10
Tuesday
05/05/10
Wednesday
05/06/10
Thursday
05/07/10
Friday
Define the differences between
hornets and wasps.
Review of Insects and Their
Environment.
Review of Insects and Their
Environment.
Topic: Ants.
1. Ant Anatomy, p. 8.
2. All About Ants, continued.
3. Social Insects Reading Booklet.
Topic: Mosquitoes.
1. Mosquito Puzzlers, p. 33.
2. Mosquito Color Coding.
Topic: Grasshoppers.
1. Grasshopper Camouflage, p.18-19.
2. Spiracles Experiment, p. 20.
Topic: Crickets.
1. Why do crickets chirp? P. 14-15.
2. Parts of a Cricket, p. 17.
Topic: Bees.
1. Busy as a Bee! Chart, p. 10-11.
How Honey is Made. Topic: Bees.
Topic: Bees.
1. Honey Party! Tasting Samples of Honey.
2. *Wear your Black and Yellow today! Buzz buzz!
Topic: Hornets and Wasps.
1. Handle with Care!
2. Habits of Hornets and Wasps Chart.
1. Study Guide on “Insects and Their
Environments”.
2. KCL: Showdown with questions from Study
Guide.
1. KCL: Who am I? Use vocabulary from Study
Guide.
2. Quiz on “Insects and Their Environments”.
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