IAITC Nature Lessons

Trees in Agriculture "Zine"

Have your students craft their own maga"zines" to learn more about important specialty crops grown in Illinois.

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Comparing Conifer Hardiness

Teach students about the hardiness of trees and plants with the unique inquiry activity.

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Good Bugs, Bad Bugs Memory Game

Learn about life cycles of insects and which bugs are beneficial and harmful in this fun matching game!

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This lesson is a fun, outdoor activity designed to help students recognize various aspects of the environment like tree leaf identification, native flowers and identifying parts of a flower, soil health, and more!

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Outdoor BINGO

Get outdoors and hunt for common treasures with this fun BINGO activity!

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Pinecone Adaptation Experiment

Teach students about how plants adapt over time to survive in diverse environments.

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Reading Rings

Teach students how to analyze a "tree cookie" to identify the age of a tree and any of its significant life events. Then, allow students to create a "tree cookie" of their own life using a paper plate.

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A Career "IST" Search

Use this activity to explore the many different occupations that embrace the study of insects and agriculture.

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A Day in the Life of...

Students will investigate the three types of honey bees in a colony, identify their roles, and recognize honey bees as part of a community that works together.

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Beekeeper Economics

Students will use calculation skills to find answers to problems concerning beekeepers.

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Beyond the Bug

In this lesson, students will discover several new ways humans use insects.

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Butterfly Wingspan Graphing

Students will use data from a chart to make a bar graph. They will also work with fractions, decimals and percentages.

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Examination of the Body of a Grasshopper

Students will explore the parts of a grasshopper as they learn about what the characteristics are of an insect.

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Examination of the Body of a Grasshopper

From Hatch to Harvest: The New Food Frontier

Students will learn about the farming and eating of insects around the world.

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From Hatch to Harvest: The New Food Frontier

How Many Deer are Here?

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Illinois Road Trip

This lesson teaches skills such as finding coordinates, understanding thecardinal directions, and reading an index as students use paper highway maps to explore interesting sites across the state.

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