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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Birth of a Butterfly

For Teachers K
Students explore the life cycle of a butterfly. In this butterfly lesson, students visit Internet websites, observe a live butterfly culture, and examine pictures of the stages of the butterfly life cycle in order to independently...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete lessons on a butterfly life cycle, moon phases, hot water, and shadows. In this science lesson plan, students complete activities where they read books, look at demonstrations, and complete experiments.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Butterfly Report

For Students 4th - 6th
In this biology worksheet, students draw or trace an accurate picture of a butterfly. Then they complete the information related to their butterfly's classification and list the habitats where they are likely to be found. Students also...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Moths and Butterflies crossword puzzle

For Students 4th - 8th
In this moths and butterflies worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle about moths and butterflies. Students complete 26 blanks in the crossword puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Peter The Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete an interdisciplinary unit chronicling the life cycle and movement patterns of the butterfly. Through language arts, mathematics, and science activities, students identify various types of butterflies and document the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this milkweed bug and monarch butterfly instructional activity, students complete a crossword puzzle dealing with milkweed bugs and monarch butterflies. Students answer 15 questions in the puzzle.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania: identifying

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this milkweed bug and monarch butterfly worksheet, students observe a picture of each one in their caterpillar state and have to identify which is which. Students observe 2 pictures.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Butterflies

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students will explore the life cycle of the Painted Lady butterfly by raising their own. They will incorporate math, science, and language arts as they graph, pattern, journal, observe, and artistically create.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Beautiful Caterpillars!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the life cycle of the caterpillar. They create a caterpillar habitat and care for it. Students make daily observations that are recorded in a writing journal. During the process of observation the students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of good nutrition. In this The Very Hungry Caterpillar instructional activity, students read the Eric Carle Story and make a nutritious treat with healthy foods.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Caterpillar's Life

For Teachers K
Students use different colors, surface textures, and shapes to create form and meaning to their caterpillar. They also come to recognize that living things have similar needs of water, food and air by teacher reading The Very Hungry...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life Cycle of the Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the stages in the life cycle of the butterfly. They create a picture using Kid Pix tools. They give a description of the picture that they have created.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Leo and the Butterflies

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read a book entitled, "Leo and the Butterflies." They discuss the rainforest and butterflies. Students observe the pictures and predict what will happen in the story. They examine reading strategies for decoding unfamiliar...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners illustrate a life cycle. In this butterfly lesson, students watch the video The Very Hungry Caterpillar and discuss the life cycle of a butterfly. Learners illustrate the stages.
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Lesson Plan
University of Virginia

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students engage in a activity that is concerned with the skill of reading comprehension while reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" as a class. They read the story while identifying the different types of food with the help of food cards.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Growing Up in the Atlantic Rainforest

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this science worksheet, young scholars read and study pictures about the life cycle of a butterfly. Students then answer 10 questions about the passage. There is a word bank.
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Lesson Plan
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Metamorphosis Magic

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students make different motions for each stage in the butterfly life cycle and plant a garden. In this butterfly life cycle lesson plan, students can take the mini gardens home and discuss how butterflies help gardens.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

In the Company of Wild Butterflies

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discover the life cycle of a butterfly and explain the different stages.  In this exploratory lesson students watch a video and create insect art and they will get an opportunity to view live specimens of butterflies. 
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Lesson Plan
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Metamorphosis Magic

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students play rock-paper-scissors and create a play to demonstrate the butterfly life cycle. In this butterfly life cycle lesson plan, students also plant a butterfly garden with plants that attract butterflies.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Butterflies Word Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts and science instructional activity, students analyze 16 words in a word bank that pertain to butterflies. Students find these in a word search puzzle.
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Worksheet
Teachnology

Paragraph Review

For Students 3rd - 6th
Writers are asked to examine four sentences that contain details and craft a topic sentence for a paragraph that encapsulates the main idea.
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Lesson Plan
Science Matters

Lotusland

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
It's time for a field trip! Scholars take their new-found knowledge of adaptations and seed dispersal on a field trip to a local botanical garden. They gain an up-close look at how ecological interdependence works in a distinct...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Egg Carton Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "egg carton caterpillars" using egg cartons, glue, and basic art supplies in this excellent Art, Science, and Language Arts lesson plan on caterpillars and butterflies. The caterpillars are displayed for two weeks and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Butterfly Addition: Color by Numbers

For Teachers K - 1st
Children learning to add numbers up to 11 develop the strategy of using the larger number as the first addend and counting on from there to find a sum. They define addition and review the meaning of the plus (+) symbol. To practice, they...