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Alfalfa Butterfly/Caterpillar Lifecycle Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars collect and record data. They identify sex of butterflies. They make conclusions based on collected data.
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Certificate Street

Student of the Week

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Offer this certificate to one pupil per week in recognition of excellent behavior, dazzling academics, hard work, or other positive school-related achievements. The document is editable.
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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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Planting a Monarch Butterfly Garden

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students raise money to purchase milkweed plants for their butterfly garden. In this gardening lesson, students listen to the story Miss Rumphius to determine why it is important to plant milkweed for butterflies. Students develop a...
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North American Butterflies and Moths of Fields, Meadows, and Fencerows

For Students 5th - 8th
In this North American butterflies and moths activity, students click on the links in the questions about North American butterflies and moths of fields, meadows, and fencerows to find the answers to the questions and then come back and...
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The Little Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discuss "The Little Hungry Caterpillar." In this reading comprehension lesson, students make sock caterpillars used in retelling the story so as sequence the events accurately.
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What Do Monarch Caterpillars Eat?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners record and analyze what types of food monarch caterpillars will eat.
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ESL: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" Activities

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" worksheet, student listen to the video story and complete a variety of related comprehension activities.
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Help the Caterpillar

For Students K - 2nd
In this caterpillar maze worksheet, learners assist helping a caterpillar find its way through a maze to become a butterfly. Students then color the butterfly with appropriate colors for illustration.
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Comparing Caterpillars

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this monarch and milkweed caterpillar worksheet, students compare pictures of the monarch caterpillar and milkweed caterpillar. Students get to view 2 pictures.
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Mystery Caterpillar Challenge and IPM or Organic Gardening Practices

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this caterpillar instructional activity, students look at the picture of the caterpillar and identify what kind it is. Students then decide how to take care of it.
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Painted Balsa-Foam Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars research a butterfly and create butterfly art. In this visual arts lesson, students choose a specific butterfly to research and create a Balsa-Foam butterfly of the same species. Young scholars use Balsa-Foam, modeling...
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Butterfly and Moth Internet Hunt part 2

For Students 5th - 8th
In this butterfly and moth worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about butterflies and moths, find the answers to the questions, and go back and answer the questions. Students complete 19 questions total.
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Milkweed & Monarch Butterfly Mania Word Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word search about milkweed and monarch butterflies worksheet, students use the words in the word bank to discover the words printed forward, backward, and diagonally. Students find 20 words.
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The Life Cycle of the Butterfly

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the life of a butterfly. They write a biography from the point of view of a caterpillar using new vocabulary. They use magnifying glasses to examine butterflies and caterpillars.
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"Where is My Food?"

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the monarch's searching behavior and ability to find food. They determine whether or not a caterpillar can find food in a simple Y-shaped maze. They record and graph or chart the data from several attempts using...
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All About Bugs

For Teachers K
Students read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and practice the days of the week. In groups, they create a puppet show, design cards of the "days of the week," draw their favorite part of the story, create a visual representation of each...
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Caterpillar Habit

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students watch a caterpillar change and become a butterfly. In this lesson about the life cycle of a caterpillar and a butterfly, students prepare and maintain the habitat of the caterpillar. Students observe the stages of the...
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More Spring Poems: Fluttering Butterflies

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this literature based learning exercise, students read the poem "Fluttering Butterflies," color the picture, underline the rhyming words and then on the lines provided, write the rhyming words on pages two through four several times.
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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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Rooster's Off To See the World Number-Sense

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students recognize how numbers are used in number stories.  In this Rooster's Off To See the World lesson, students participate in the story. Students complete a number activity and work on the computer to illustrate a number story. ...
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Butterfly Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners identify that Idaho is a home to 168 species of butterflies and they are an important part of many habitats. They also identify how to use the Digital Atlas of Idaho and write a report regarding information of their assigned...
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Butterflies

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students view the four stages in the growth of a butterfly. They are told that once a caterpillar hatches, its skin can't grow fast enough to make room for all its growth. Students are asked if they have seen a caterpillar? They are...
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How a Caterpillar Becomes a Butterfly

For Teachers K - 1st
Student role play and draw the various stages an insect goes through to become a butterfly. They discover the different stages of how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. Students read The Very Hungry Caterpilla by Eric Carle.