“Mouth Parts and Dirt Cake”

 

TEKS :

 

K (5) Properties and Patterns – Organisms, Objects, and Events

            a. : Properties of objects and characteristics of organisms

 

K (6) Systems Parts – Organisms and Objects

            e. : Manipulate parts of objects

 

Overview :

 

·        I-spy an insect

·        Insect mouth parts

·        Dirt pudding

·        Review the week

 

Materials :

 

            I-spy insect game                                  Chocolate pudding

            Oreo cookies                                       Gummy worms/beetles

            Cups                                                    Pliers/tweezers

            Syringe                                                 Straws

            Sponge                                                 Fruit Roll-ups

            M&M’s                                               Red Jell-O

            Juice Box                                             Apple Sauce

           

Activities :

 

Activity 1 : “Mouth Parts”

 

            Ask students to imagine they are an insect. It is getting late and they have not had anything to eat all day long. If there was a table full of human food in front of you, how do you think you would eat it?

All insects do not eat the same way.. just like a baby and a big person do not eat the same way. A baby does not have teeth. How does it eat its food? Adult?

 

Not all insects eat the same things either.

* Some insects chew food. (leaves, grass, etc.)

* Some eat mushy food.(vomit, decaying garbage, etc.)

* Some suck their food.( blood, drinks, water, etc.)

 

 

On a table, the teacher has the following food items: fruit roll ups, M&Ms, red Jell-O, juice box, and apple sauce

The following utensils are used as mouth parts: pliers, syringe, straw, sponge.

The children are shown the various utensils and they are allowed to pick the insect they wish to be.

* Pliers: caterpillars, grasshoppers, ants and praying mantis

* Syringe: mosquito

* Straw: bees and butterflies

* Sponge: fly

 

* The children are given an opportunity to try to eat the various food items with the utensils provided. At the end of the lesson, the children will explain the problems

they encountered eating their food.

 

Activity 2 : “I-spy an Insect”

 

            Take the children outside for this activity.  Select various insects that can be found outside in your area.  Capture the insects and place them near where they were found in their jar.  Devise a number of clues that lead to the finding of each insect.  Read the clues off and allow the children to explore the area to find the insect.  What kind of insect is it?  Where does it live?  What have we learned about the insect this week?

 

Activity 3 : Review of the week

 

            During this time, we will sing all of the songs the students learned during the week.  We will also review all of the information learned.  We will present to the parents the songs and a few important facts learned during the week. 

 

Activity 4 : Delicious Dirt

                       

            Teacher says: "Remember when we talked about worms yesterday? Where do worms live? That's right-in the dirt. Now we're going to make some Delicious

     Dirt!"

     Make instant pudding with children, using the instructions on the instant pudding. Have children help stir the pudding.

     Have children crumble up chocolate wafers for dirt.

     Give each child a clear plastic cup.

     Put pudding in each cup, and have children spread "dirt" over the top.

     Insert worms into the dirt. (If desired, some worms can be added while the pudding is being poured in, so that some worms are "under ground")

     Stick the children’s' paper flowers into the top of the dirt, to create their own flower garden complete with worms.