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Insects and Plants
The Insects and Plants Module provides experiences with the life sequences of a number of insects so that students learn that organisms reproduce offspring of their own kind. At the same time, students grow a plant from seeds and observe brassica go through its life cycle to produce new seeds.
Students will:
- Develop a curiosity and interest in insects and flowering plants and an appreciation for them as living things.
- Provide for the needs of insects and plants and observe them over time.
- Observe the similarities and differences of the life sequences that different types of insects exhibit (simple and complete metamorphosis).
- Compare the life cycles of different kinds of animals and learn that organisms reproduce offspring of their own kind.
- Observe variations within a group of insects.
- Organize and communicate observations through drawing and writing and use bar graphs to record data.
- Use magnifiers to observe and draw organisms.
- Write or draw a sequence of steps for an event.
Investigations:
- Investigation 1: Mealworms
- Investigation 2: Brassica Seeds
- Investigation 3: Milkweed Bugs
- Investigation 4: Silkworms
- Investigation 5: Butterflies