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- Bats
- The students will learn that bats are nocturnal and use echolocation.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- By Debbie Lanier.
- Beans and how they grow
- The students will incorporate computer skills, math, and literature with books such as: Miss Rumphius and The Reason for a Flower.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills and Science)
- By Betty Black.
- Birds by inquiry
- Students will make observations of bird pictures to note the similarities and differences in one animal group. They will note especially the beaks, feet, wings and feathers of different types of birds. The life cycle of birds will be explored.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)
- By Anne Allen.
- Bugs, bugs, bugs
- This lesson integrates writing and the study of insects by having the students create a book following the pattern of How Many Bugs in a Box? by David A. Carter.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Vicki Rivenbark.
- Butterfly cycle
- Students will understand the life cycle of the butterfly and create various art activities that would model metamorphosis.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Science)
- By Becky Woolard.
- Butterfly metamorphosis
- This is an integrated lesson which is introduced using the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Butterfly metamorphosis is explored through art, math, and writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Science)
- By Laura Byers.
- 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.
- Going batty
- In this lesson students will hear the story Stellaluna by Janell Cannon and then create a Venn Diagram comparing bats to birds.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills and Science)
- By DPI Integration Strategies.
- Green Wilma is missing!
- This lesson is designed to be used after students have been exposed to animal classification, especially the characteristics of amphibians. Reading Green Wilma by Tedd Arnold and inviting students to respond through art and written expression is a good use of integration.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science)
- By Emily Rothrock.
- A home for Lars
- Our lesson plan is based on the book, Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear, by Hans de Beer. We will use the book to introduce the polar bear's habitat and will elaborate on the necessary things a polar bear needs to survive in this habitat.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education and Science)
- An integrated lesson comparing the butterfly and frog life cycles
- Students will build on their prior knowledge about the butterfly life cycle to compare and contrast the life cycles of butterflies and frogs. Students will locate butterflies on the school grounds and create pictographs and models of fractions to explain their findings mathematically. Students will also use a variety of resources to read about and study the food, space and air needed by butterflies and frogs to grow. They will create visual and written products to demonstrate their findings.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Development, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Martha Dobson and Margaret Monds.
- Is it a duck? Is it a chick?
- Students will compare and contrast the characteristics of a chick and a duckling by using a Venn Diagram.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Debbie Beeson.
- The life cycle of a seed
- This lesson integrates science into the language arts block. Students will read about plant life cycle events and then write their own books about the life cycle of a plant.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Joni Kight.
- Life cycle of painted lady butterflies
- Students will make a chart of the life cycle of the painted lady butterflies that the class observes over a period of several days.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)
- By Anne Allen.
- Persuasive pumpkins
- Using observation skills and comparative language, the children will express their own ideas to compare likenesses and differences of pumpkins. They will sort by their own rules and explain their reasoning. Using cooperative learning, they will listen to other children's discussions and come to some agreements.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- By RC Griffin.
- Plants and animals: Introduction to the unknown
- This is an introductory lesson to assist students in understanding where their food comes from and what is available in this area. It is also a wonderful way to continue with inventive spelling.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)
- By Sheila Moody.
- Sensing the world around us
- Students will review the five senses and listen to an Ezra Jack Keats' story in which a blind man uses his senses of hearing and smelling to learn about his neighbors. Students will then experience the difficulty of using only one sense to identify different sounds.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- By Libby Oxenfeld.
- Snakes are cool
- This lesson begins with a reading of Verdi by Janell Cannon. It integrates science with language arts as the students learn about snakes and write about their findings.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Marcia Reich.
- Turtles are terrific
- This lesson will engage the students in the study of turtle attributes and their habitats. The lesson will integrate science, math, language arts and computer/technology curriculums.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Science)
