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Utah Education Network

Uen: Butterfly, Butterfly: Teaching Vocabulary

For Teachers K Standards
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

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Other

Insectclopedia: Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Living Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd
Learn about the life cycle of a butterfly.
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Handout
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Animals 2: Insects and Spiders

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Listen and Read: Animals Move

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
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.
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Woolly Bear Moths

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Worm Eating Warbler

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Is Alive?

For Teachers K - 1st
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...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Explorers: Endangered Ecosystems

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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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Other

Core Knowledge: Poetry in Motion [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd Standards
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...
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: Alien Empire

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Texas A&M University

Insects in the Classroom: Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A very comprehensive site that includes insect lesson plans for ages 3-18 and links to a syllabus, course material, activities, and related resources.
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Monarchs & Migration

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read all about monarch butterflies and their migrations. Find out what teachers, students, and families across America are saying and doing about monarch butterflies.
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Handout
Ed Koday

Web Archive: Luna Moths

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
Ed Koday

Web Archive: Red Admiral

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Painted Lady

For Students 3rd - 8th
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,...
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Buckeye Butterfly

For Students 3rd - 8th
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...
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Viceroy Butterfly

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Other

Vida: Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use these images to study the monarch butterfly's life cycle.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Web Based Bookmarks to Conduct Internet Research

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
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...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Cool Science for Kids: Butterflies Come From?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Hands-on activity for investigating the life stages of a butterfly.
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Other

Cocoon: Articles and Butterfly Life Cycle

For Students 1st - 8th
A collection of cocoon and butterfly articles as well as stories, cartoons, coloring, and animations.
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Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tar Heel Reader: Where Do Butterflies Come From

For Students K - 1st
A digital version of a butterfly life cycle picture book for young readers.

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