LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Bree Welmaker is a graduate of Converse College in Spartanburg, SC, where she received her B.A. in Sociology and Spanish and her Masters of Education in Elementary Education. She is currently a second grade teacher at W.W. Estes Elementary School in Asheville, NC. This is her third year teaching.

Resources created by Bree Welmaker

Getting to know spiders
This lesson is useful for helping students understand the differences between spiders and insects. They will also learn about a spider's particular body parts. Live spiders will be observed over the course of a few days to see how sound, light, and movement affect the spiders.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science)
By Bree Welmaker.