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Vida: Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly
Use these images to study the monarch butterfly's life cycle.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Web Based Bookmarks to Conduct Internet Research
The important thing about this lesson plan is that it connects literature and science. The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown provides a model for original student poems about a content area topic. Web-based bookmarks guide students...
PBS
Pbs Critter Guide: Butterfly
Can you name the four parts of the life cycle of the butterfly? This site features a brief but detailed description of the life cycle of a butterfly and some other fun facts about this interesting insect.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Cool Science for Kids: Butterflies Come From?
Hands-on activity for investigating the life stages of a butterfly.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Caterpillar (Larva)
View images and learn facts about Caterpillars, including species variety, appearance, diet, and predators.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Puss Moth (Cerura Vinula )
Provides photographs and a fact card about the puss moth. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, habitat, features of the puss moth caterpillar, diet, predators, metamorphosis, and threats to its population.
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tar Heel Reader: Where Do Butterflies Come From
A digital version of a butterfly life cycle picture book for young readers.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Butterfly Life Cycle: Butterfly Worksheets and Games
Expand your butterfly knowledge with these interactive worksheets and games.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Insect Crafts
An extensive list of elementary insect crafts. Each activity contains a list of everyday materials, and detailed instructions.
Other
The Butterfly Website
The Butterfly Website reveals the world of butterflies with photos, clip art, a butterfly atlas, and related resource links.
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.
abcteach
Abcteach: Insects
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the insect world using activities and lesson plans that emphasize cross-curricular learning.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Butterfly Collection
Site full of beautiful butterfly photographs including the emerging of a butterfly. One link also provides detailed information on the life cycle of a butterfly as well as a quiz to complete when finished.
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Insects
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes the basic parts of insects. It also has a matching section.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Bogong Moths
This personal page from the Unique Australian Animals offers a nice description of the Bogong Moth along with some very detailed images.
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.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Butterfly
Learn about the appearance, diet, habitat, and other fun facts about this beautiful insect.
The Field Museum
Field Museum: Butterfly and Moth Life Cycle
Information on the stages of development of butterflies and moths accompanied by pictures for further enhancement.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Life Cycle of a Butterfly
This lesson uses Smart Response technology to review concepts learned at the end of a science unit involving the Life Cycle of a Butterfly. The lesson can easily be adapted to fit the needs of more advanced or slower learners in the...
Curated OER
Caterpillar Exchange
If you want to know about Eric Carle or any of his books this is the place to begin. Site includes biography, summary of books, information about his tours as well as links to lesson plans written by teachers.