Grasshoppers Lesson Plans

1. Plague
...Plague Activity Overview Subjects English Language Arts Science Social Studies Summary Topic Students will create a poster or brochure outlining the impact of the Index grasshopper on farms during time of drought. Clip Index Duration 1 2 lessons All Clips from Purpose Index of Great To learn about grasshoppers as a plague during times of drought Interviews CBC Archives Topic Devastating Dry Spells: Drought on the Prairies 1. Before Exploring In a brainstorming session with the class, ask students to identify everything they know about grasshoppers. List their information on a chart for future reference. I...

2. Munching on Mixtures
Munching on Mixtures Grasshopper nymphs Grade Second Level: Health Nutrition Topic: Subjects: Health, Science, Language Arts, Nutrition, Language Arts Time of year: Spring, Fall Overall Objective: The students will predict, observe, and record what grasshoppers eat to demonstrate an understanding that grasshoppers and people have nutritional requirements to grow and maintain good health. Students will learn a balanced diet includes different foods from the five food groups and is important for a healthy body. Set-up Lesson Plan Includes teacher preparation...

3. Food Chain Endangered Food Chain
...gislative action halted the use of toxic pesticides, and now the peregrine population is increasing. What You Need coffee can with slips of paper naming roles for each student, including one golden eagle, one great horned owl, and enough roles for the remainder of the class, divided as follows: + ½ grasshoppers + ¼ starlings + ¼ peregrine falcons bag of small, wrapped candies spray bottle of colored water access to a large space, such as a gym or an outdoor area What to Do 1. Have each student select a slip of paper with a role on it. Explain that in this activity, the grasshoppers hop, the starlings ?fly?...

4. Grasshopper Plague
...ass of the Week Individual NIE Calendar Recess Sign up to receive The Business Enquirer in your Contact classroom NIE Sponsors Paid Order Form Pet Idol 2007! Grade Level: 4-9 Subject: Life Science Lesson for July 23, 2002 SPECIAL LESSONS For Teachers Grasshopper Plague infestationSwarming hordes of grasshoppers and their cousins the Mormon RECENT LESSONS crickets are destroying crops and pastures across the West. It may be the worst insect infestation in 60 years. Farmers from Nebraska to Utah are NIE Weekly Lesson Plans counting 50 to 200 grasshoppers per square yard, compared with 3 or 4 during feature s...

5. Grasshopper Mark and Recapture (GMR)
...ce Advanced/AP Biology Integrated science, all levels Environmental studies Special education Type of activity: Hands-on activity Group/ cooperative learning Off site activity Reinforcement Field data collection technique This activity helps students estimate the density of a population of insects (grasshoppers) at a given life cycle stage in a given type of habitat. Background information Notes for teacher: The size of a population of organisms is a piece of information that is useful in many biological and environmental studies. However, it is often difficult to obtain this type of information directly....

6. The Internal Anatomy of the Grasshopper
...e to understand that the grasshopper has many important internal organs, and begin to explore their functions, through observation. TEKS: Systems (10) Living Systems: Structures and Functions (b) identify how structure complements function - organs, organ systems, organisms, populations. Materials: Grasshoppers - 1 per group Forceps Scissors Dissecting Microscopes (if available, if not will find enough for activity) Picture of internal anatomy - 1 per group Dissecting Tray Motivate: At the beginning of the lesson the teacher will bring out a giant (24" to 30") inflatable grasshopper. The teacher will then...

7. Hop to It!
Hop to It! Grasshoppers Grade Third Level: Health Physical Education Topic: Subjects: Health, Science, Language Arts, Math, Physical Education Time of year:Spring, Fall Overall Objective: The students will demonstrate an understanding of the different physical attributes and abilities of arthropods and people by observing,...

8. The Effects of Pesticides on the Food Chain
...e consequences of pesticides entering the food chain. Materials needed: Ecology box showing examples of pollutants harmful to wildlife. Pictures of plants and animals. Overhead and transparency "Let's Look at a Food Chain". 5 strips of paper. Identity cards for game (1-2 hawks, 3-4 shrews, and 9-18 grasshoppers). 50-100 pictures of corn (2/3 yellow, 1/3 another color). A stapler. Colored chalk. Strategy: Activity 1. Students will walk around and study the pictures hanging on the walls. Teacher will give some facts about an animal or plant using important vocabulary words, ending each statement with, "Who a...

9. Think Safe! Be Safe!
...gs/Stink bugs Grade Level: Kindergarten Health Topic: Self-Protection Subjects: Health, Science, Language Arts, Music Time of year: Spring, summer, and fall for pillbugs and stink bugs. Summer and fall for grashoppers. Overall Objective: The students will predict, observe, and explain how pillbugs, grasshoppers, stink bugs, and humans stay safe and protect themselves. Set-up Lesson Plan Includes teacher preparation Outlines and suggests how to and the materials needed for carry out the lessons with the lessons. Also, has links relevant links to activity to pertinent activity sheets. sheets. Additions Table...

10. Insects: Grasshoppers
Insects: Grasshoppers Wanda Williamson-Johnson Crown Community Academy 3838 West 111th Street 2128 South St. Louis Chicago IL 60655 Chicago IL 60628 (312) 233-5897 (312) 534-1680 Objectives: This lesson was geared for Kindergarten: Students will learn how to listen and follow direction; to observe living things; to compa...