San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Animals: Butterfly: Winged Wonders
Provides basic facts about butterflies, with photographs and an explanation of metamorphosis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Insect Reproduction and Life Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Most insects can reproduce quickly within a short period of time, which means they evolve faster and can adjust to environmental changes. Most reproduce by sexual...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Denouement
Notes introducing denouement and providing plot diagrams and examples of denouement in three classical texts: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, and "The Duchess and the Jeweler" by...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Franz Kafka
For teaching Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, this site provides links to lesson plans, handouts, and other resources to enhance student understanding.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Life Stages Cards: Frog, Butterfly, and Dragonfly
All animals develop and grow over time. The animals in this document undergo one of the most dramatic developmental processes known, metamorphosis. See if you can place the developmental stages in their proper order.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Life Cycles With Butterflies
This site is a lesson plan for teachers. It is a lesson to study the life cycles of a butterfly. It explains how the students would find caterpillars and build a home for them.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Animals: Animal Life Cycles
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of animal life cycles.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: m.c. Escher
An awesome review of the M.C. Escher exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. There are 24 images of Escher's works here out of the 330 that the National Gallery has on hand. There is also a biography on Escher that is very useful.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Metamorphosis
A very simple, interactive, and informative explanation of things students can do to learn more about butterflies. Elementary appropriate.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Weird and Wonderful Metamorphosis of the Butterfly
Franziska Bauer explains how a butterfly emerges from squishy larvae to an armored, aerodynamic, and nimble adult.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Third Grade Science: Life Science: Insect Reproduction and Life Cycles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares and contrasts the major stages in insect life cycles, such as those that undergo incomplete and complete metamorphosis.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Creepy Caterpillars to Beautiful Butterflies
Students will explore the life cycle of a butterfly using a website and observations of caterpillar metamorphosis. This lesson will incorporate science, mathematics, language arts, and art.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Very Hungry Class
Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is a great trade book to teach many concepts across the curriculum. This lesson has activities to excite your students in all subject areas. Students will be familiar with the metamorphosis...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Butterfly Life Cycle
Students explore how butterflies change and grow throughout their life cycle in this interactive lesson.
abcteach
Abcteach: Insects
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the insect world using activities and lesson plans that emphasize cross-curricular learning.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Students learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and put the stages of a butterfly's life cycle in order in this SMART whiteboard activity.
Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction: The Texas State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
Some facts about the monarch butterfly, which is the state insect of Texas.
Middle School Science
Painted Lady Journal Entries
In this lab experiment site, you will observe the complete metamorphosis of a Painted Lady Butterfly, identify the four stages of complete metamorphosis, and understand the difference between incomplete and complete metamorphosis.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Looking at Arthropod Structure
An overview of the structure and development of arthropods.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Ovid
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Ovid is also provided.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Life Cycle of a Mosquito
Gives a basic explanation of the life cycle of a mosquito along with some facts about this insect.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Gives a basic explanation of the four stages in the life cycle of a butterfly.
Other
Springboard Magazine: The Circle of Life
A brief explanation of life cycle is provided along with pictoral respresentations of three different examples of life cycles (apple tree, butterfly and frog). The term metamorphosis is introduced and the resouce has an interactive...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Butterfly for Kids: Learn About the Flying Insect
What are butterflies? Kids find out about the metamorphasis that makes a catterpillar turn into a butterfly.