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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Time to Fly!

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about monarch butterflies and their migration patterns. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Eric Carle Author Study

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource features an author study of Eric Carle. Students and teachers can gain a deeper understanding into this author's life and work when they visit.
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Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Butterfly Life Cycle: Butterfly Worksheets and Games

For Students 3rd - 8th
Expand your butterfly knowledge with these interactive worksheets and games.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Crafts for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Choose from dozens of simple crafts including activities for the holidays, animal crafts and much more.
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eBook
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Metamorphosis

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A very simple, interactive, and informative explanation of things students can do to learn more about butterflies. Elementary appropriate.
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Website
Other

The Butterfly Website

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Butterfly Website reveals the world of butterflies with photos, clip art, a butterfly atlas, and related resource links.
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Activity
PBS

Nh Pbs: Wildlife Journal Jr: Making a Butterfly Garden

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how to build a butterfly garden and choose plants that will provide food for caterpillars and butterflies.
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Unit Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Songs and Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Art Smart

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will learn about the symbolic meanings associated with various colors. Then students will design a piece of art with colors that are reflective of their personal emotions.
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Handout
Other

Fermilab Flora and Fauna Virtual Exhibit: The Monarch Butterfly and Milkweed

For Students 9th - 10th
This site traces the life cycle of the monarch butterfly and contains links for more in depth study of the terms presented.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Butterfly Life Cycle

For Students K - 1st
Students explore how butterflies change and grow throughout their life cycle in this interactive lesson.
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Graphic
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Butterfly Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Insects

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes the basic parts of insects. It also has a matching section.
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Handout
Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Bogong Moths

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal page from the Unique Australian Animals offers a nice description of the Bogong Moth along with some very detailed images.
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Butterfly

For Students K - 1st
Learn about the appearance, diet, habitat, and other fun facts about this beautiful insect.
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Handout
The Field Museum

Field Museum: Butterfly and Moth Life Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the stages of development of butterflies and moths accompanied by pictures for further enhancement.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Photo of Eric Carle

For Students 3rd - 5th
Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work is the familiar "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".
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Graphic
Curated OER

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Students 3rd - 5th
This diagram shows the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly.
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Activity
University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky: Bug Fun

For Students 2nd - 6th
This fun site is designed for teachers who want to have interactive fun in the classroom. "Several articles give resources and basic information about insects and their relatives while others outline activities with different insect...
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Activity
Other

Academy of Natural Science: Butterfly Life Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource, learners examine the four stages of butterfly metamorphosis in this succinct presentation from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Pennsylvania.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Cover of Very Hungry

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.

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