The document outlines a lesson plan for students to help identify different bug species found in the school playground in order to determine the proper extermination methods. Students are guided through brainstorming common insects, learning their key characteristics like number of legs and body parts, and then applying this knowledge by identifying insects in pictures to report back to the janitor. Working in groups, the students determine which of 8 bug pictures depict insects based on the criteria discussed.

1. Andrea
Remírez &
Mikel Rojano
Insect,
arachnid,
reptile,
amphibian
… What are
you?

2. Statement of problem
 The
janitor of the school came to the class
and bring a letter to the teacher.
 She read in loud the following:
“Dear Students:
We are having problems with the huge
amount of bugs that have appear in the
playground these past weeks. We want to
exterminate the area but we need a
different product for each specie so we
require your help.
In your case you have to determinate

3. Brain Storming Session
 What could you find in the playground?
 List at least six insects

6. Essential question
 How many legs do insects have?
 What do they eat?
 How are they born?
 How many body parts do they have?
 Where do they usually live?

7. Answering
 They have 6 legs.
 Theydon’t have any special diet, they
could eat from leaves to wood.
 Insects
are born from eggs that their
mothers lay.
 They have 3 body parts.
 Theydon’t have any special habitat, you
could find them almost everywhere.

8. Put the knowledge in
practice
 Once they have been working with the main
characteristics of the insects they are going to
identify them in the pictures.
 Theyhave to know which of the 8 different kinds
of bugs that we have in the playground are
insects.
 Theyare working in groups of 3 people so once all
of them have the answer to the question they
should contrast the varied information.

9. Put the knowledge in
practice
The answer to the letter of the janitor could be:
“Dear janitor, we have become experts in
insect and taking in to account their special
features we can guarantee that the followings
are insects:
Ant
Cockroach
Bee
Grasshopper
Lepisma

10. Image credits
 SCHOOLYARD
 http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/fireant/ ANT
http://www.factzoo.com/insects/cockroach.html
COCKROAC
englishirond.wikispaces.com/file/detail/schoolyard.jpg/337
H
http://
www.pesticide.org/solutions/phase-2-solutions-for-consum
SPIDERhttp://
 http://
http://
www.casadeinsecticidas.com.ar/detalle_plaga.php?id
BICHO BOLA

11. Image credits
 http://www.dangerouscreation.com/2012/08/make-
/ BEE
 http://
phoenix.about.com/od/arizonapicturesandphotos/i
SCORPION
 http://
www.animalesprehistoricos.com/2011/12/lepismas-u
LEPISMA
 http://
richardxthripp.deviantart.com/art/Yellow-Grasshopp