Learn how to use OER Commons Digital Version of the EQuIP Rubric Alignment and Evaluation Tool to align appropriate resources to the Common Core State Standards, and to evaluate resources against certain aspects of quality.
Material Type: Interactive
Learn how to use OER Common Common Core Alignment and Evaluation Tool to align appropriate resources to the Common Core State Standards, and to evaluate the resource against certain aspects of quality.
Material Type: Lesson
Learn how to use OER Common Common Core Alignment and Evaluation Tool to align appropriate resources to the Common Core State Standards, and to evaluate the resource against certain aspects of quality.
Material Type: Lesson
Lesson plan template
Material Type: Lesson Plan
"Someone or something has been attacking the waxworm larvae in local corn and grass fields. GLBRC Entomology detectives want to find out who is responsible and thank them for their service..." This short reading and accompanying worksheet offers a window into how GLBRC scientists are investigating the insect populations in different crops and the services they provide to farmers. Research stories give students a window into the work of professional scientists and engineers. This allows students to see how the processes of school science are reflected in the real world while building literacy skills with science-specific content. This research story can also be used in conjunction with hands-on activities, such as Bug Biodiversity and Ecosystem Benefits, to illustrate how student investigations mirror actual science and real-world problems.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Reading
Students will use books, encyclopedias, magazines, and the Internet to discover certain facts about an insect of their choice.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Students will use the Internet and other resources to find insect common names that begin with each letter of the alphabet.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
The University of Florida Book of Insect Records (UFBIR) names insect champions and documents their achievements. Each chapter deals with a different category of record.
Material Type: Reading, Textbook
Students observe live insects and examine insects depicted in a seventeenth-century drawing. They identify the three characteristics of an adult insect: a three-part body (head, thorax, and abdomen), six legs, and antennae. They collect and draw live insects, incorporating a variety of shapes and lines.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lesson Plan
Students observe and study insects depicted in a seventeenth-century drawing. They identify characteristics common to all insects and those unique to particular species. Students research and draw insects, incorporating a variety of lines and shapes and using value to depict three-dimensionality.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lesson Plan
After researching the characteristics of arthropods, students observe arthropods in the field, analyze their data, and learn how to develop their own arthropod collection. The unit is designed to be completed in eight or more sessions. The comprehensive curriculum materials contain information for teachers, including activity tips and an overview of the characteristics that define arthropods.
Material Type: Lesson Plan, Unit of Study
A database detailing the distribution records for Lepidoptera of North America searchable by taxonomic group, region (down to county level) species. Species details include identification, life history, caterpillar hosts, habitat, range and conservation status and more. Although a "work in progress" the site is extensive and has a useful links page for Lepidoptera distribution data around the world. Also included is a good glossary page A valuable resource for Lepidoptera enthusiasts and academics alike.
Material Type: Data Set, Diagram/Illustration
In this lesson, we learn how insects can fly in the rain. The objective is to calculate the impact forces of raindrops on flying mosquitoes. Students will gain experience with using Newton's laws, gathering data from videos and graphs, and most importantly, the utility of making approximations. No calculus will be used in this lesson, but familiarity with torque and force balances is suggested. No calculators will be needed, but students should have pencil and paper to make estimations and, if possible, copies of the graphs provided with the lesson. Between lessons, students are recommended to discuss the assignments with their neighbors.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plan
Students will observe the behavior of termites and draw conclusions about their behavior.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Students will make observations of the behavior and life stages in flour beetles.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Free to download coloring book with factoids about the spiders you're coloring, and referencing source materials
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Reveals both the process and the power of conducting experiments with jar1, an Arabidopsis mutant that is insensitive to the hormone jasmonic acid (JA).
Material Type: Lesson Plan
From pygmy shrews to armadillos, a wide range of mammals survive on a diet made up largely of insects. Many of these have fascinating adaptations suited to catching or rooting out their prey. In this unit you will learn about these adaptations, along with
Material Type: Reading, Syllabus
This template supports STEM teachers and librarians in working collaboratively to create lessons that build science practice and STEM inquiry skills in alignment with state and national science standards, and that address the Common Core literacy shifts around close reading and building textual evidence.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
As disease-infected mosquitoes expand their range, these bugs rise higher on the "menace to human health" list. What makes mosquitoes so perfect for disease transfer? Is global warming a factor? How is modern technology being harnessed to combat skeeters? National standards included for grades 5-12. Teacher resource page at http://whyfiles.org/teachers/016skeeter/.
Material Type: Assessment, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy
