Syllabugs: The Spot for Teachers

Greetings teachers! Add excitement and fun activities to your science lessons with the comprehensive plans featured here.

Lesson 1: Wiggly, Squiggly Worms: Helpful or Harmful

(Grade Kindergarten)

This lesson will introduce students to worms and lead them through an investigation into worms' habitats.

Includes four individual and group activities for review and enrichment.

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Lesson 2: Spider & Insect Detectives

(Grades 1–2)

Get out your magnifying glasses and investigate with your students the differences between a spider and an insect.

Includes four individual and group activities for review and enrichment.

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Lesson 3: Entomologist for a Day

(Grades 2–4)

What does an insect scientist do? Help your students learn by studying a ladybug’s habitat, diet, life cycle and behavior.

Includes informative handouts and group and individual activities for review and enrichment.

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Lesson 4: Mice & Rats

(Grades 3–5)

They’re small, fast and quite the acrobats! Teach your students about these radical rodents, and how to best keep them out of the house.

Includes a helpful handout and an individual activity.

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Lesson 5: Magical Metamorphosis

(Grades PreK–3)

This lesson will introduce students to the life stages that different types of insects...

Includes a helpful handout and an individual activity.

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Lesson 6: Termites—Social Insects

(Grades 1–3)

This lesson will introduce students to social insects, specifically termites...

Includes a helpful handout and an individual activity.

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Lesson 7: Insect Camouflage

(Grades 5-8)

This lesson will introduce students to insect camouflage and mimicry...

Includes a helpful handout and an individual activity.

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Lesson 8: Order: ISOPTERA (Termites)

(Grades 5-8)

This lesson will introduce students to animal relationships, specifically mutualism...

Includes a helpful handout and an individual activity.

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