Lessons & Resources for Educators
Download This Lesson: A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
Brief Description: The student’s goal in this lesson is to define biodiversity. They will do so by gathering, organizing, and analyzing information and creating a visual aid to help them better understand the meaning.
Download This Lesson: Pesticide Wise
Brief Description: Students will learn about the selection, handling, storage and disposal of pesticides. They will read about the background of pesticide use and the harm it can pose. Students will look at new vocabulary and the information given on labels to find important information.
Download This Lesson: A Pest by Any Other Name
Brief Description: Students use critical thinking skills and conduct research on alternative methods to pest management. They will observe, graph, and interpret data while learning the role that insects play in nature. Students will also compare pests that are harmful and pests that are helpful.
Download This Lesson: Presto, Changeo
Brief Description: Students will learn about the importance of green plants and the process of photosynthesis. They will learn new vocabulary and do experiments to test their hypotheses using plants. Students will also be able to act out and present the steps of Photosynthesis.
Download This Lesson: Extreme Makeover
Brief Description: Students will research a topic by using multiple sources as well as mathematical functions, comparing and contrasting, and following verbal directions. Students will learn and understand the concept of life cycles, and recognize the similarities and differences in living organisms regarding their life stages and spans.
Download This Lesson: Everybody Is Somebody’s Lunch
Brief Description: Students will research, observe, compare and contrast, and discuss the food chain and how pest management can affect them. They will determine how living things are connected and in what ways as well as the overlap of different food chains and webs.
Download This Lesson: There’s a Wiser Way
Focus Areas: Integrated Pest Management (IPM); Science, Language Arts, Graphic Arts
Focus Skills: summarizing, understanding the main idea
Objectives
Essential Question
How can Integrated Pest Management reduce the use of chemicals in managing pests?
Essential Understandings
Background
IPM offers a scientific approach as well as an alternative to … view full description & alignments
Download This Lesson: Bug Buster
Brief Description: Students will research, observe, and read for information on pest control, and nature’s food chain. Using this information students will understand and recognize that bats and other natural predators help control insect population and in doing so will find a deeper understanding of nature’s food chain.
Download This Lesson: Nature’s Bug Zappers
Brief Description: Students will learn about natural pest management to protect from overpopulation. They will be able to look at the advantages and disadvantages of different types of insects and learn about their life cycles. Students will also be able to act out different scenarios involving insects.
Download This Lesson: Pushy Plants
Brief Description: Students will learn that all living things depend on plants and that plants that “overgrow” will threaten their habitat. They will also learn about invasive and endangered species of plants. Using their new vocabulary, students will play games and talk about methods to control these species.