3B Crack the Code

Lesson Plans

How do fireflies communicate?

 

Download and reference First Grade: Exploring Missouri teacher guide pages 60-65 and student guide pages 40-44 for full lesson plan.

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3B Fireflies at Night
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List of Materials
  • Basketball
  • Several small flashlights
  • Glow sticks
  • Glow-in-the-dark stars
  • Tea light candles (or battery-powered tea light candles)
  • String of holiday lights
  • Headlamps
  • Dark-colored or patterned bedsheets or curtain (not blackout curtain)
  • Rope or cord to suspend sheet
  • Timers
  • Spare batteries
  • Flashlight
Estimated Time

2 hours

  • Engage: 15 minutes
  • Explore: 30 minutes
  • Explain: 15 minutes
  • Elaborate: 45 minutes
  • Evaluate: 15 minutes
Lesson Extensions
Cross-Curricular Extensions

Community/Citizen Science

Fireflies are less common in some areas. Help scientists learn more about firefly populations by observing fireflies for 10 minutes a week through the Firefly Watch Citizen Science program. Learn more about fireflies and join the program!

Standards
Topic
Communication
Missouri Learning Standard
Next Generation Science Standard
Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI)
Science and Engineering Practices (SEP)
Crosscutting Concepts (CCC)