Cockroaches Lesson Plans

1. Ecosystem I
...going to talk about another thing that?s important to study when we want to know about ecosystems. Have you heard the word ?population??? Listen to student responses, then reveal the definition on the overhead for them to copy. 6. Studying populations: Suppose I told you to study the population of cockroaches in the field next to the school. What kind of things might you want to find out about the cockroach population? Organisms that cockroaches interact with (where the deer are in the food web), abiotic factors that affect cockroaches, number of cockroaches, etc. -If I wanted to know how big the populat...

2. Taxonomy Project
...instead of legs (heterotrophs) 4. Aqua-wheat: one of the few plants that remain, it is similar to algae. 5. Terrestrial Humanoids with 4 arms, their diet consists of butter-roaches and fuzzy hamsters. 6. Tentacled aqua humanoids, they only feed on aqua-wheat and have tentacles for arms and legs. 7. Cockroaches that feed on humanoid waste. 8. Giant Aqua-spiders that live in water and feed on goldfish and basking sharks. 9. Green-haired rats that are photosynthetic. 10. Parasitic mosquitoes that feed off any humanoid 11. Ten-legged fleas that live on the photosynthetic rats and drink blood. 12. Poison Grass...

3. Insects Throughout Time
...dren discover the presence and importance of insects throughout history. Background Information: Discover the use of maggots in World War II and in modern day medicine. Understand the role of 17-year Cicadas. The transaction of Bubonic Plague was facilitated by the presence of fleas. Understand how cockroaches have adapted over time. Know how do scientists know insects were present in prehistoric times. (Amber and impression fossils.) Assessment: The children should write down something they have learned during the day. Connections: Language Arts + Journal writing Science + Check pitfall traps + Plaster o...

4. Bugs, bugs, bugs
...Information Subject: Science Category: Biology Grade Level: PreK - Kindergarten Duration: 30 minutes Description: focus on bugs. We invited a student entomology major (bugs) from the local university to show us bugs and tell us about them. Among other things, she brought walking sticks and hissing cockroaches! Goals: multi level approach to studying bugs Objectives: learning about, appreciating bugs Educational Resources: construction paper, scissors, pipe cleaners, etc. Reference Materials: bug books, bug pictures, stories, etc. Activity Plan: Read about bugs, sing a bug song (the ants go marching?), ma...

5. Science Lesson: When Is a Pest an Insect?
...a pest. Encourage them to include some aspect that includes that a pest is a human construct. This definition should be written into their notebooks. Having agreed upon a definition of pest, ask students what they might do to control them? What do they do to control them in their homes? Invariably cockroaches will come up as a pest. How would they deal with cockroaches if they had a problem with them? The roach motels or insecticide/pesticide spray use will probably be the most common use. For homework ask students to ask family members what their definition of a pest is, provide an example and how would...

6. A Roach Is a Roach Is a Roach
...seen that there are many versions of the Cinderella story. Hold up the book Cinderella Penguin again. Ask, Why do you think the penguin was chosen to play these characters? (students respond that they are cute, funny, etc.) Ask, Would you think it was such a cute story if scorpions, tarantulas, or cockroaches were used as characters? (obvious response will be negative) Ask, Why do you think that these creatures aren't popular? (Students respond, They're yucky, gross, etc.) Divide the class into groups of three. Give each group a piece of paper, then say, Write everything you know about cockroaches. You h...

7. Using High School Students to Teach Biology to Deaf Elementary Students
...ants (some deaf people have some residual hearing but often cannot hear vowels). They will also experience wearing a hearing aid. It amplifies everything! Ouch! This activity allows the older students to empathize with deafness. Animals- we bring an iguana, rats, gerbils, snakes, Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, frogs and toads. These are all animals from our animal collection which are used to being handled. This lesson continues with the differences between the species and warm-blooded vs. cold-blooded animals. Fossil imprints- pouring plaster of paris into molds. Bring a box of clean sand and bury fossi...

8. Learning in Cockroaches
Quantcast -Advertisement- _ _ _ -Advertisement- Learning in Cockroaches By Mary Colvard Skills: Recording Data Making Observations Acquiring information Analyzing data Interpreting data Manipulating material Observing Target Audience: High School Biology Middle School Life Science Lab Purpose: To see, if by providing a positive stimulus, students can detect learning in...

9. Identification of Insect Orders
...ut as a key to both the id's and associated vocabulary. See this list: COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME For ORDER Flies Diptera Wasps, Bees, & Ants Hymenoptera True Bugs Hemiptera Butterflies & Moths Lepidoptera Grasshoppers and Orthoptera Crickets Mantises Mantodea Beetles Coleoptera Earwigs Dermaptera Cockroaches Blattodea Lacewings Neuroptera Dragonflies & Odonata Damselflies Procedure: 1. Motivate lesson Discuss: why do we want a quick or shortcut way to tell insects apart? If students have struggled with a key to insects, this is great motivation for learning shortcuts. Alternate motivation: do an observa...

10. Raising an Animal
...about eight weeks. 1. As a group, choose the species of animal you want to raise. Some suggestions: mice, guinea pig, finches, fruit flies, fighting fish, guppies, other aquarium fish that will breed, butterfly/moth caterpillars, mealworms, grasshoppers, crickets, snails, slugs, crayfish, lizards, cockroaches, frog/ toad tadpoles. You have to investigate what is available in your area. The students need to understand that the idea is to observe reproduction or at the least development. 2. As a group, decide who will bring in the materials and what is needed from the teacher in terms of cages, tanks, etc....