FREE Newsletter

Lesson Plans - By Month

Veterans Day is celebrated in the United States today.

Today, the United States honors those soldiers who have fought for their country in military service. Across America, ceremonies are held to commemorate the efforts of our armed forces past and present, and to remind us of both the strength and the compassion of our country.

Bugs! Lesson Plan

Students will tear colored paper into shapes appropriate to imaginary insects. Shapes will be arranged and glued to a background sheet.

“Bees and Ants”

(A) Identify basic needs of organisms
(B)Give examples of how organisms depend on each other

Adopt-An-Insect Project Overview

The goal of the Adopt-An-Insect project is to create a school-wide insect collection to allow Havana Junior High School students to investigate the insect world. For this project, each grade level will “adopt” specific orders of insects, collect specimens, create classroom collections, and complete related activities. From lessons on life cycles to the basic anatomy of insects, students will discover the amazing world of these “minibeasts”.

Zoo animal facts

This lesson would be part of a unit on zoo animals. By this lesson the children would have
knowledge of many types of zoo animals, knowing their names and some of their characteristics.