Activity sheets:
Arthropod Homes Sheet
Teacher Preparation:
- Check the area around the school before the field trip for good areas to find arthropods. Avoid areas with poisonous plants, venomous animals and treacherous terrain (for Activity 2). If the area around the school is not appropriate for a field trip, ask the students to bring in arthropods from home. The students may wish to observe more than one insect. Plan and anticipate high student interest.
- Obtain terrarium or other container that will house an arthropod several days before lesson begins. Identify and prepare a place in the classroom for the insects to live. Avoid areas with direct sun, air vents or cold drafts.
- Prepare copies of Arthropod Homes activity sheet (Activity 1).
- Gather materials for specific arthropod or ask students to bring items to class (Activities 4 and 5).
- Two discussions are recorded on butcher paper (Introduction and Activity 4). Prepare bulletin board space or other wall space for displaying charts throughout the lesson.
- Gather remaining materials and books (see Bibliography).
Materials:
- Artificial habitat supplies (refer to specific Information Sheets)
- Butcher paper and markers
- Individual student journals
- Mary Ann Hoberman, A House is a House for Me; Faith McNulty, The Lady and the Spider.
- Any supporting fiction and non-fiction literature that may not be suggested in the bibliography.
Ant Information Sheets &
Ant Rearing Sheets
Butterfly Information Sheets &
Butterfly Rearing Sheets
Cricket Information Sheets &
Cricket Rearing Sheets
Isopod Information Sheets &
Isopod Rearing Sheets
Finding Arthropods
Grasshopper Information Sheets &
Grasshopper Rearing Sheets
Spider Information Sheets &
Spider Rearing Sheets
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