The kids worked in small groups and rotated through stations. Each station takes about 15-20 minutes. The campus I observed had students do all of the stations in one day. When I used to do ladybug research with my students, I spread the station rotations out over several days or a week.
At this station, students manipulated plastic ladybug lifecycle pieces and recreated the ladybug lifecycle on a paper plate.
At this station, students labeled the parts of the ladybug.
At this station, students used hard drying clay to make ladybugs. When the ladybugs are dry, students will paint them.
At this station, students drew pictures of a ladybug's habitat.
At this station, students look at and read books about ladybugs. Then they rate the books they looked at and read.
At this station, students went to PebbleGo.com and read a book about ladybugs and filled out a fun fact sheet about them.