Grades 3 - 6: Pest Detective - A New Case
In this six-session lesson, students use the PestWorldforKids.org’s “Pest Detective” game and “Pest Guide” section to write their own mystery. As they research culprits and innocent suspects to use in their new case, students will learn about pests' basic needs, pest damage and how to prevent infestations. (Supports The Pest Detective learning game.)
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Correlations with National Standards
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Standard 1: Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
Students will use the PestWorldforKids.org “Pest Guide” to acquire new information about a specific pest.
Standard 3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers…
Students are prompted to recall their prior knowledge from the "Pest Detective" learning game as well as their own experience. Students share their written work with other students to check for clarity.
Standard 5. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
The lesson invokes several elements of the writing process including pre-writing (recalling prior knowledge), drafting, revising, and publishing.
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Standards
K – 4Life Science Content Standard C: As a result of activities in grades K – 4, all students should develop understanding of:The characteristics of organisms
Students use the “Pest Guide” section of the PestWorldforKids.org web site to identify a pest’s basic needs, its anatomy and impact on the home environment.
5 - 8
Life Science Content Standard C: As a result of activities in grades 5 – 8, all students should develop understanding of: Structure and function in living systems.
Students use the “Pest Guide” section of the PestWorldforKids.org web site to identify a pest’s basic needs, its anatomy and impact on the home environment.
