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Insect Habitat– Lesson Plan– 3rd Grade

By Marcia Beckett | November 8, 2012 - 3:17 am |July 5, 2024 science, third grade

A colorful collage depicts a tall plant with insects, greenery, and a sun in the background, created with paper cutouts. This creative piece is ideal for a 3rd Grade lesson plan on insect habitats.

Third graders worked together to make an insect habitat on large butcher paper. They had been studying habitats in their Science class.

We used Model Magic, beads, pipe cleaners and corrugated paper to make the insects and oil pastels to color them.

The kids did a great job, but I’m not sure how I feel about Model Magic… we’ve been having a tough time getting the pieces to stay together. Some of the heads and body parts had to be hot glued back together. If I did this project again, we might just make the insects from painted papers.

A colorful collage of trees, flowers, and bugs resembling an insect habitat made with various craft materials on a brown background.

Create a colorful pipe cleaner caterpillar craft with decorated egg cartons, positioned between green and black paper, as part of a fun lesson plan for 3rd grade exploring insect habitats.

A colorful ladybug craft made from painted materials is displayed against a background of brown and black paper, ideal for a 3rd-grade lesson plan on insect habitats.

A colorful collage depicting a snail with a spiral shell among flowers and leaves on a brown background, ideal for a 3rd-grade lesson plan about insect habitats.

Colorful caterpillar craft made from painted egg cartons and cardboard wings, set against a paper flower background, designed as an engaging 3rd Grade lesson plan.

A yellow and black striped caterpillar made from a painted egg carton, designed as part of a 3rd Grade lesson plan on a craft plant.

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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

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2 Responses to Insect Habitat– Lesson Plan– 3rd Grade

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Beverley Baird says:

November 10, 2012 at 4:00 am

Love these habitats! what fun for the children!
Have to tell you about my fun tonight with the gelli plate I won from your giveaway – finally got to play tonight. Here is a link to my post tonight about it.
http://bunnysgirl.blogspot.ca/2012/11/gelli-plate.html
I love it! Thanks so much again!

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