Week Four: Bees
Activities focusing on honey and bumblebees were added to the unit, some as extensions of activities already in place and others new.
| Table 6.5: Materials List for Insect Unit | |||
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| Books/Media | Manipulatives and Props | Food | Art Supplies |
| I am a Caterpillar Very Hungry Caterpillar Ten Little Caterpillars Butterfly Alphabet The Butterfly Kiss *Over in the Garden *The Lamb and the Butterfly Caterpillar to Butterfly Ladybug on the Move Lara Ladybug Bubba and Trixie Ladybug, Ladybug Where are You Going? Five Little Ladybugs National Geographic Magazines and photos from the Internet |
4 Magnifying glasses Insect specimen set Caterpillar specimen set Live insects/caterpillars from playground? 7 Puzzles: (2 ladybug, 3 butterflies, 1 bumblebee, 1 garden with insects) Felt board set (life cycle) Magnetic ladybugs and magnet board 4 colanders 4 sifters 4 bug catchers 4 pairs of tongs Colored netting Wing costumes Paper sentence strips Life cycle cutouts Glow-in-the-dark insects for light table |
Butterfly crackers English muffins Jam Raisins Butterfly pasta Straws Pineapple juice |
Coffee filters Watercolors Tempera paint (yellow, black, red, orange) Construction paper Colored tissue Pipe cleaners Wire hangers Netting Easel paper Sponges |
| Make Butterfly matching (lotto-style) game w/printed images from the Internet Number/puzzle cards with foam butterfly and ladybug stickers Bug-hunt board game Vocabulary/picture cards: Chrysalis, proboscis, symmetry, metamorphosis, larva, pupa, aphid, antennae, symmetry Cutouts for graphing (1-inch yellow triangles, circles, squares) and blank four-column graph |
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