3D Evergreen Tree
Teach students more about evergreen trees with this simple and fun paper craft. Content Areas: Literacy, ELA, Art
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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. Content Areas: Literacy, ELA, Science
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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! Content Area: Science
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Outdoor Adventure Flip Book
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! Content Areas: Science, Literacy
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Pinecone Adaptation Experiment
Teach students about how plants adapt over time to survive in diverse environments. Content Area: Science
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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. Content Area: Science
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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. Content Areas: Literacy, ELA, Social Studies
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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. Content Areas: Literacy, ELA, Social Studies
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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. Content Areas: Literacy, ELA, Social Studies
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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. Content Areas: Math, Literacy, ELA
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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. Content Areas: Science, Literacy, ELA
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From Hatch to Harvest: The New Food Frontier
Students will learn about the farming and eating of insects around the world. Content Areas: Literacy, ELA, Social Studies
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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. Content Areas: Math, Social Studies
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Insect Life Cycles
As students explore the life cycles of insects, they will learn about complete and incomplete metamorphosis. Content Areas: Science, Literacy, ELA
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Insect Logic Puzzle
In this activity, students will learn about insects then use an elimination grid to solve a puzzle. Content Areas: Literacy, ELA, Math
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