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Bugs
A Gifted UnitCynthia Turner
Frances Strickland
Kelley Williams
Essential Question:Are you a classy bug?
Unit Focus:Bug Classification
Brainteaser: Insect Elaborative
Thinking
Research:KWL Charts
Point to Ponder:
Ant Attack
Creativity:Design a Spider
Thinking S
kills:
Bu
g S
ud
uko
Bug Classification
Ant Antics!
Ant Antics!
Students imagine a picnic and themselves as the scout of an ant army. Next, they create a map of the picnic…… what kind of things might be at the picnic? How might the ants best attack?
Points to Ponder…. Points to Ponder….
Design A Spider!
Students design a spider from a 6”X4” piece of black construction paper – they can only use scissors and their imagination!
Design A Spider!
Essential Question:Bad Bugs… what cha goin’ do when they come for you?
Unit Focus:Germs and Viruses
Brainteaser: Buggy Hink Pink
Research:Bugs, Germs and Parasites
Point to Ponder:
You’ll never have more bugs than a blanketful
Creativity:
Wanted Poster
Thinking S
kills:
Bu
g E
atin
g C
on
test
Students research bugs that are good and bad, including microscopic bugs and then create a wanted poster!
Point to Ponder:
You’ll never have more bugs than a blanketful!
Quotefall:
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!”
Essential Question:Who put that bug in your ear?
Unit Focus:Bugs Technology
Brainteaser: Bug Chain Reaction
Research:Tech Topics
Point to Ponder:Is it ever okay to eavesdrop?
Creativity:Buggy Puns and More!
Thinking S
kills:
Quotefall
What bug inspired this design?
Essential Question:What is like to be a fly on the wall?
Unit Focus:Perspective (ART)
Brainteaser: Global Ovals
Research:Escher
Point to Ponder:Some days I’m the windshield, some days I’m the bug!
Creativity:Design a
tessellation!T
hinking Skills:
A S
pider
It’s all in your perspective!
Fly on the wall!
Tessellations
Escher - Tessellations
Essential Question:How did humans hone Herbie, the hot rod hero?
Unit Focus:Designs in Nature
Brainteaser:
Research:Animal vs Machine Design
Point to Ponder:Does design determine function or
function determine design?!
Creativity:Butterfly Design
Graphing
Thinking S
kills:
Flea C
ircus Circle
Puzzle
• What characteristics does Herbie have that might make him a winning race car?
Essential Question:Are you a classy bug?
Unit Focus:Bug Classification
Brainteaser: Insect Elaborative Thinking
Research:KWL Charts
Point to Ponder:
Creativity:Design a Spider
Essential Question:Are you a classy bug?
Unit Focus:Bug Classification
Brainteaser: Insect Elaborative Thinking
Research:KWL Charts
Point to Ponder:
Creativity:Design a Spider
Essential Question:Are you a classy bug?
Unit Focus:Bug Classification
Brainteaser: Insect Elaborative Thinking
Research:KWL Charts
Point to Ponder:
Creativity:Design a Spider
Essential Question:Are you a classy bug?
Unit Focus:Bug Classification
Brainteaser: Insect Elaborative
Thinking
Research:KWL ChartsPoint to Ponder:
Creativity:Design a Spider
Essential Question:Are you a classy bug?
Unit Focus:Bug Classification
Brainteaser: Insect Elaborative
Thinking
Research:KWL ChartsPoint to Ponder:
Creativity:Design a Spider
Essential Question:Are you a classy bug?
Unit Focus:Bug Classification
Brainteaser: Insect Elaborative
Thinking
Research:KWL ChartsPoint to Ponder:
Creativity:Design a Spider
Essential Question:Are you a classy bug?
Unit Focus:Bug Classification
Brainteaser: Insect Elaborative
Thinking
Research:KWL ChartsPoint to Ponder:
Creativity:Design a Spider
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