Creepy Crawlies - Pre-planning

RESEARCH

  • Enchanted Learning Website
  • United Streaming (movies)
  • One square book on 'Backyard'
  • Creepy Crawlies Book for experiments
  • Pilgrims of the Holy Family - Entomology
  • Library 'subject' research
  • Google 'insect' lesson plans for ideas

READING

  • Look for biographies on entomologists
  • Fictional books on Insects
  • Liberty nature readers
  • Fabres Insects
  • Jack's insects
  • Picture books from library

RECORDING

  • Webgraphs (habitat / preditors / life-cycles etc)
  • Venn diagrams of differences and similarities on different insects
  • Label drawings / pictures
  • Body part explanations defined
  • Scientific classification chart
  • Sketch in nature journals
  • Preserve, pin and add to insect collection display
  • Experiments

REPORTING

  • Gameboard with all facts learned by all students
  • Oral / written narrations
  • Title pages for science notebooks