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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bug Work

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the life cycles of insects and how they interact with each other in the prairie to create a healthy ecosystem and viable food chain. They list animals or insects in their own community that are similar to the prairie...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Caterpillars To Butterflies

For Teachers K
Students observe the life cycle of a butterfly. They read butterfly/caterpillar themed books. They sequence the lifecycle from eggs on a leaf to an adult butterfly. They release their butterflies into a natural habitat after singing and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Are You an Ant?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars investigate different insects in their backyard. In this insect lesson, students read the book Are You and Ant? and apply the reading to their backyards. Young scholars create a list of animals that begin with the the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Butterfly Bonanza

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students describe life cycle of the butterfly after reading and singing about butterflies.
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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 Planet Article
Curated OER

Butterflies: Fly into Science

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Engage young learners with these great interdisciplinary lesson ideas for teaching about butterflies!
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Activity
PBS

Reading Adventure Pack: What's Next? The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Parents Pre-K - K Standards
A series of hands-on activities follows a reading of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Learners create a paper collage to explore the beginning, middle, and end of days of the week, numbers, and more. They grow a butterfly...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Caterpillars To Butterflies

For Teachers K
Students gain an appreciation of nature by teaching them about the life cycle of the butterfly. They set up a terrarium so they can observe the changes a caterpillar goes through.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fragile Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students study the different parts and life cycle of butterflies. They make a replica of one of the thousands of types and colors of butterflies, or create an imaginary species. Afterward, they label and correctly spell butterfly body...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animals and Plants: 1st Grade Science

For Teachers 1st
First graders will have a better grasp on animal characteristics after viewing this presentation. The concepts covered are, skin, life cycle, offspring, size, and human/animal interrelationships. Note: This is good as a concept review or...
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Lesson Plan
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The Monarch Watch

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students collect and examine the life cycle of monarch butterflies. They also tag butterflies and release them as part of a nation-wide project to study monarch butterfly migration.
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Worksheet
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From Caterpillar to Butterfly

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this butterfly book worksheet, learners illustrate the descriptions of the life cycle of a butterfly to create a book about the life of a butterfly.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Butterfly Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study the butterfly life cycle. In this interdisciplinary life cycles instructional activity, students study the life cycle of a butterfly, their migration habits, and the culture of the region in Mexico where butterflies...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Wildlife Federation

How Many Butterflies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners become butterflies to complete an activity that has them collect tokens that represent food, water, and shelter. They must collect their necessities while in competition with other butterflies in the same area. Once the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

From Egg to Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use file folders and art supplies to create a visual presentation of the life cycle of a butterfly. For this life cycle lesson plan, students read books about the life cycle and view the life cycle with in class habitats.
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PPT
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Monarch Butterflies

For Teachers K - 1st
Monarch butterflies, and their amazing life cycle, are the focus of this presentation. Young students take in some very good photographs and descriptions of each of the stages of the butterfly's life. This would be an excellent...
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Lesson Plan
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Beautiful Butterflies

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover the changes a caterpillar goes through in order to become a butterfly. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify the various parts of the anatomy of a caterpillar and butterfly, as well as the changes...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Butterflies

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this science and reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1 page detailed passage about butterflies. Students then answer 7 questions.
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Butterfly

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
An interactive challenges scholars to read a short informational text about butterflies then answer eight questions. A progress report appears after the last question.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life Cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of life cycles and identify the growth order and different stages attained by various animals. They view slideshows and video of butterflies and frogs as they change through the various stages of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life Cycle of the Butterfly

For Teachers K
Students listen a variety of books on butterflies and are introduced to their life cycle. In groups, they describe the life cycle in the correct order and watch the life cycle from larva to the butterfly in a demonstration. To end the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Butterfly Lesson Plans

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study the life cycle of the Monarch Chrysalis. In this butterfly life cycle lesson, students study the monarch butterfly life cycle and focus on the fourth stage of the life cycle. Students draw a picture about the fourth stage...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

In the Company of Wild Butterflies

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners discover the life cycle of a butterfly and explain the different stages.  For 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
Curated OER

Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders engage in a lesson that covers the life cycle of a butterfly. They use the Kidpix software to create a drawing of the life cycle with the help of an illustration given by the teacher as a guide. Then students discuss the...

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