Science

Week 1 Lesson: Insects

Week of November 17th-21st

Science STANDARD ARTICULATED BY GRADE LEVEL 2
Strand 4: Life Science

Concept 1: Characteristics of Organisms
Understand that basic structures in plants and animals serve a function.
PO 1. Identify animal structures that serve different functions (e.g., sensory, defense, locomotion).

Concept 3: Organisms and EnvironmentsUnderstand the relationships among various organisms and their environment.
No PO for this grade level.

1. Open following link. Click on insectPPT. Review and participate. (Insect characteristics)
http://joannabaese.pbwiki.com/Insect-PPT

2. Print out the following book template. Choose any insect you want. Create a book that shows each of the necessary characteristics of an insect. You may write a story or simply label the characteristics. Turn in no later than Tuesday.
http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/games/print_make_book.html

3. Watch this movie clip about dung beetles. (Insect environments)
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/bugs-kids/beetle-dung-kids.html
Next, answer the following questions in complete sentences and submit by Thursday.
*How can you tell that a dung beelte is an insect?
* What is dung?
*What does the beetle use the dung for?

4.Print out this insect vocablulary word search. Complete and turn in by Wednesday.
http://joannabaese.pbwiki.com/insect-word-search

5. Print out pages 4 and 5 from this website: http://www.orkin.com/media/downloads/createaninsect.pdf
complete page 4 and turn in by Friday

Week 2 Lesson: Butterflies and their life cycles

Week of November 24-28th

Strand 4: Life Science

Concept 2: Life Cycles
Understand the life cycles of plants and animals.
PO 1. Describe the life cycles of various insects.


1. Preview a butterfly's life cycle on the follwing site. Working with a partner, make your own diagram. Please practice with eachother. Diagrams will be shared with the whole class on Friday afternoon.href="http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_insects/ButterflyLife.htm" target="_blank">
http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_insects/ButterflyLife.htm

2. Webquest
Take a look at the following sites about butterflies. I would like you to write 5 facts (in complete sentence form) and turn in by Wednesday.
href="http://www.thebutterflysite.com/biology.shtml">http://www.thebutterflysite.com/biology.shtml
http://www.thebutterflysite.com/specimensuppliers.shtml

3. Watch the following movie on Monarch butterflies. Write a short paragraph on why the Monarch butterflies died in large numbers in a 2002. Due Thursday.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/bugs-kids/monarch-butterflies-kids.html

4. Play this life cycle game. See if you can figure out the correct order!
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Butterflies/english/teach+games/index.html

5. Print out the Admiral butterfly from this site. Use colored pencils and use similar colors to the butterflies that you already know. Turn in by Friday.
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Butterflies/english/teach+games/index.html