Utah Education Network
Uen: Butterfly, Butterfly: Teaching Vocabulary
This 2-day instructional activity engages students in determining and clarifying the meanings of unknown words and phrases found in Jenny Feely's nonfiction book, Butterfly. Students will exemplify their learning of new vocabulary by...
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Monarch Watch
This is an excellent resource for information about the monarch butterfly that includes information about life cycle, migration, observation, conservation, classroom activities, butterfly gardening, butterfly rearing, and the like.
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Insectclopedia: Lesson Plans
A very comprehensive site from pedagonet.com that includes lesson plans on insects for all ages and grade levels. Students will enjoy learning about insects as you employ these engaging lesson plans in your own classroom.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Animals 2: Insects and Spiders
This teacher's guide focuses on the smaller animals that inhabit our world: insects and spiders. These fascinating creatures provide young children many hands-on opportunities to learn about the diversity of living things, how living...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Animals Move
Jump like a frog, flap your arms like a bird, and move like a fish - while learning words like swim, jump, and caterpillar - in this energizing read-aloud.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Woolly Bear Moths
It is not surprising that this family of moths is commonly called woolly bears or woolly worms, as the caterpillars of many species are really very hairy. The larvae can be full of poisonous chemicals acquired from their host plants,...
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Worm Eating Warbler
Although called a Worm-eating Warbler, this bird species feeds mainly on caterpillars. This thorough site provides facts related to this Warbler's range, habitat, food, behavior, and more. You can also listen to the songs of this species...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is Alive?
This lesson is the opening lesson for a unit of study entitled "Why Doesn't A Caterpillar Grow Up To Be An Oak Tree?" during which students take a look at life cycles of plants and animals. This lesson will encourage students to explore...
Scholastic
Scholastic Explorers: Endangered Ecosystems
A great site with something for all grades. Do research on rainforests, follow field research on animals in Latin America, and show what you know through interactive assessments. Lots to see on this site which is a collaboration of...
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Core Knowledge: Poetry in Motion [Pdf]
Collection in pdf format of seven lessons integrating poetry across-the-curriculum. Includes dramatization, developing poetry reading skills, and creating poetry appreciation. Printable graphic organizers and a fine bibliography...
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Alien Empire
Outstanding site that compliments an insect series on PBS. Interactive presentations include bee anatomy and honeybee hives. Includes interactive puzzles, teacher's guides, and formats for making insect masks.
Texas A&M University
Insects in the Classroom: Lesson Plans
A very comprehensive site that includes insect lesson plans for ages 3-18 and links to a syllabus, course material, activities, and related resources.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Monarchs & Migration
Read all about monarch butterflies and their migrations. Find out what teachers, students, and families across America are saying and doing about monarch butterflies.
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Luna Moths
Luna moths are one of the most unusual and beautiful of the North American moths known as Saturnidae. They are well known for their green-yellow colors and long tails,and although they are often seen in pictures, they are a real surprise...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Red Admiral
The upperside of the red admiral butterfly is black with white spots near the wing tips. The forewing has a red band across the middle, and the hindwing has a red band along the edge. The red admirals that are born during the winter are...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Painted Lady
The upperside of the wings is orange-brown with darker wing bases. The forewing has a black patch and white bar on leading edge, and the hindwing has a row of 5 small black spots and sometimes has blue scales. The underside has a black,...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Buckeye Butterfly
The buckeye is a medium-sized butterfly with two large multicolored eyespots on hindwings and one large eyespot on forewings. The background color of the buckeye is mostly brown. Its forewing has 2 orange cell bars and 1 large eyespot...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Viceroy Butterfly
The upperside of the viceroy is orange and black, and looks a lot like the monarch butterfly, except the viceroy has a black line across the hindwing and a single row of white dots in the black band on the edges of their wings. Where...
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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 instructional activity 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...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Cool Science for Kids: Butterflies Come From?
Hands-on activity for investigating the life stages of a butterfly.
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Cocoon: Articles and Butterfly Life Cycle
A collection of cocoon and butterfly articles as well as stories, cartoons, coloring, and animations.
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.
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