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Life Cycle of Butterflies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify ways plants and animals make changes related to the seasons, specifically focusing on the life cycle of butterflies.
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Butterfly Lifecycle

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine diagrams of butterflies printed from the stated website and follow directions to make a model of the butterly life cycle. They then participate in a WebQuest to observe the life cycle stages of a butterfly.
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Stuffed Newspaper Butterfly

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine the parts of a butterfly. They use newspaper to build a replica of a butterfly. Students stuff the butterfly and paint it. They display the finished product.
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Butterflies

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this insects worksheet, students look over 6 different pictures of butterflies, name each butterfly and then find out what else they can find out about each one.
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Which Butterfly Is Different?

For Students Pre-K - K
In this butterfly visual discrimination instructional activity, students analyze 5 rows of butterfly pictures, each with three pictures. Students determine which butterfly in each row is different from the others and circle it.
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Butterfly

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use a purchased kit to explore the characteristics and life cycles of several butterflies including the Monarch, Western Swallowtail, Red Admiral and Painted Lady. They create a plaster casting of each species for study and...
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Butterfly Tracer

For Students K
For this tracer worksheet, students follow the dots to outline a picture of a butterfly. They print out the picture which could be colored but there are no directions given with the worksheet.
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Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania: Measuring

For Students 7th - 8th
In this milkweed and monarch butterfly mania:  measuring instructional activity, students use photos of milkweed plants and caterpillars next to a ruler to estimate the measurements of 10 leaves and 15 caterpillars, calculating and...
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Pollinator's Journey: Grades K-4

For Teachers K - 4th
What's it like to migrate as a pollinator? Teachers provide direct instruction about the roles of pollinators such as butterflies on plants along with the threats they encounter. The class then acts out a story of the migration of bats...
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National Wildlife Federation

Pollinator's Journey: Grades 5-8

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Re-enact the flight of the pollinator. Pupils learn about the roles of butterflies, bats, and other pollinators in plant reproduction. The class acts out the migratory flight of Monarch butterflies and bats from the Sonoran Desert to...
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National Wildlife Federation

Pollinator's Journey: Grades 9-12

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Gain a deeper understanding of migratory pollinators. After studying about pollinators and their effects on flowering plants, learners hear a story about the migration of Monarch butterflies and bats in the Sonoma Desert. Small groups...
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Habitats

For Teachers K
Students identify butterfly habitats. In this butterfly habitats lesson, students read and discuss Where Butterflies Grow. Students study pictures and guess which are butterfly habitats. Students list the life needs of butterflies and...
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Overview of the Instructional Model and Focus Questions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design STELLA model based upon scientific research done on monarch butterfly lifecycle; model allows students to predict how many larva will be produced during the winter and thus collect the correct amount of food to sustain...
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Monarch Butterfly Coloring Page

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this monarch butterfly coloring worksheet, students examine a black line drawing of a monarch butterfly. Students color the butterfly and draw its natural habitat around it.
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Native Butterflies vs Commercially Raised Butterflies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss and research the effect the release of commercially raised butterflies has on the ecosystem and why commercially raised butterflies being released? They create a flyer on the topic, and an exhibit.
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Subtraction with Butterfly Note Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students are going to stations to solve a specific subtraction problem on a butterfly notecard. They are to record their station number, write down the problem, and show their work on their own sheet of paper. At the end of the station...
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Picasso's "The Butterfly"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students draw a butterfly. In this drawing lesson, students explore a drawing upside down. Students sketch a butterfly while the image is reversed to tap into their right brain dominance.
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Life Cycle of Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate life cycles of insects by writing a story.  In this butterfly life lesson, 2nd graders create a checklist of the many steps a caterpillar takes before growing wings and flying.  Students utilize creative...
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In the Time of Butterflies: Character Analysis

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read about the life in the Dominican Republic during the Trujillo Regime. After exploring a book, "The Time of the Butterflies," students describe the sisters and their lives. They complete a graphic organizer and write a...
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Fluttering Focus

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students look at a flower garden from a butterfly's perspective. They study how artists portray flowers and gardens and exaggerate their scale and boldly colored floral shapes. Each student creates a watercolor pencil rendering of a...
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Using a Title to Determine Main Idea (Nonfiction)

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Young readers explore a nonfiction text for its main idea. They will listen to the book Animal Sight by Kirsten Hall, and then observe as the teacher models a main idea think-aloud. Later, for independent practice, they listen to the...
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Who am I?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Here is a colorful worksheet that has learners identify 16 different kinds of insects. Each insect has an accurate and colorful drawing associated with it. The insect names are at the bottom of the worksheet, and pupils must match up...
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Printables
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My Mini Book About …

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This is one of several printable pages on which little life scientists can write out their research on an assigned animal. The highlighted page is for alligator research, but several other animal pages are included as other materials....
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My Mini Book About...

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Elementary learners complete a mini book on polar bears. The resource contains four pages, each a quarter of a page, including one title page with a picture of a polar bear and a space for kids to write their names. 

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