Attribute Charts

A great skill for students to practice is comparing and contrasting attributes of various organisms.  After reading a book about an insect (or a page from The World Never Sleeps), students can answer yes or no to attributes such as Does it have wings? Does it eat...

Pollination Lesson

If you want to teach your class how pollination works, try this lesson I wrote for the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago: Click here for PDF

Live Creatures in the Classroom

Non-insects that are fairly easy to catch are: earthworms roly-poly bugs Insects and non-insects to avoid: bees/wasps/hornets cockroaches termites spiders There are many insects you can keep to watch in your classroom.  Ones that are fairly easy to catch outside are:...