• Develop a curiosity and interest in insects and a respect for them as living things.
• Experience some of the great diversity of forms in the animal kingdom.
• Become familiar with some of the life sequences that different types of insects exhibit (simple and complete metamorphosis).
• Observe the similarities and differences in the larvae, pupae, and adults of insects that go through complete metamorphosis.
• Observe the behaviors of insects at different stages of their life cycle.
• Provide for the need of insects (air, water, food, and space).
• Acquire the vocabulary associated with insect life.
• Understand that tools help scientists make better observations.
• Understand science safety and follow safe practices during investigations.
• Develop observation skills.
• Use the elements of scientific inquire to solve problems.
• Acquire vocabulary associated with science.
• Use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations and build explanations: observing, communicating, and comparing.
• Understand science safety and follow safe practices during investigation

Assessments:

• Lab experiments
• Performance assessments
• Reflective journals
• Teacher created assessments
• End of unit projects
• Rubrics
• Checklists
• Homework/Class work
• Teacher observations

Insects

Full Option
Science System
Module
(FOSS)

Content:  Earth Science
Develop students’ understanding of the characteristics of organisms

• Organisms have basic needs.  Animals need air, water, and food.  Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met.  The world has many different environments that support different kinds of organisms.
• Animals have different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.
• The behavior of organisms is influenced by internal cues (such as hunger) and by external cues (such as change in the environment).

Develop students’ understanding of the life cycles of organisms.

• Animals have life cycles that include being born, developing into adults, reproducing, and eventually dying.  The details of this life cycle are different for different organisms.
• Animals resemble their parents.

Develop students’ understanding of organisms and environments.

• All organisms cause changes in the environments where they live.  Some of these changes are detrimental to the organisms or other organisms, whereas others are beneficial.

Internet Links:
FOSS.com

pde.state.pa.us/k12/lib/k12/scitech.doc

education-world.com/
standards/national/science/index.shtm

umtsd.org/Science_list

Planned Instruction