Utah Education Network
Uen: Butterfly, Butterfly: Teaching Vocabulary
This 2-day lesson plan 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 labeling what...
Other
Springboard Magazine: The Circle of Life
A brief explanation of life cycle is provided along with pictoral respresentations of three different examples of life cycles (apple tree, butterfly and frog). The term metamorphosis is introduced and the resouce has an interactive...
Other
The Florida Monarch Butterfly Website
This inclusive site, contains information on how to tell a male from a female Monarch butterfly, great pictures of the Monarch life cycle, and links to other butterfly sites.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Migration of the Monarch
This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores the migratorial exploits of monarch butterflies. [4:39]
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Mystic Aquarium: Monarchs and Milkweed
Learn about the monarch butterfly's life cycle, its dependence on milkweed, and its migration between Canada and Mexico. Includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction: The Texas State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
Some facts about the monarch butterfly, which is the state insect of Texas.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Zebra Longwing Butterfly
A collection of information about the zebra longwing butterfly, ranging from its characteristics to life cycle, diet, habitat, behavior, and range.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Pine White Butterfly
Learn about the characteristics, life cycle, behavior, diet, range, and habitat of the pine white butterfly.
Curated OER
Life Cycle of a Butterfly
This diagram shows the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: French Theme Page
Learn the French of everyday objects using these "Label Me" printouts for everything from colors to clothes, from the life cycle of a butterfly to the rooms in a house.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Animals 2: Insects and Spiders
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...
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Journey North Cluster
An elementary resource to learn about butterflies and their migration with links to a wide variety of activities.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Explore the world of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail when you visit this resource. The content of this site includes a look at this species' characteristics, range, habitat, food, and more.
Curated OER
Life Cycle
Insect rhymes, crafts, coloring printouts, and quizzes are collected by Enchanted Learning. Color pictures, diagrams, and charts are included.
Curated OER
Zebra Longwing Butterfly
A collection of information about the zebra longwing butterfly, ranging from its characteristics to life cycle, diet, habitat, behavior, and range.
Curated OER
Zebra Longwing Butterfly
A collection of information about the zebra longwing butterfly, ranging from its characteristics to life cycle, diet, habitat, behavior, and range.
Curated OER
Zebra Longwing Butterfly
A collection of information about the zebra longwing butterfly, ranging from its characteristics to life cycle, diet, habitat, behavior, and range.
Curated OER
Zebra Longwing Butterfly
A collection of information about the zebra longwing butterfly, ranging from its characteristics to life cycle, diet, habitat, behavior, and range.
Curated OER
Pine White Butterfly
Learn about the characteristics, life cycle, behavior, diet, range, and habitat of the pine white butterfly.
Curated OER
Pine White Butterfly
Learn about the characteristics, life cycle, behavior, diet, range, and habitat of the pine white butterfly.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Pollination Parties
This activity helps young scholars understand the concept of pollination. Objectives, materials, procedures, adaptations, discussion questions, evaluation, extensions, suggested readings, links, vocabulary, and academic standards are all...
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Monarch
The Monarch butterfly is widely studied by students when they learn about insect life cycles. Basic information about the Monarch and threats to its survival are described here. There are also pictures showing the Monarch in various...
Middle School Science
Painted Lady Journal Entries
In this lab experiment site, you will observe the complete metamorphosis of a Painted Lady Butterfly, identify the four stages of complete metamorphosis, and understand the difference between incomplete and complete metamorphosis.
Other
Alphabet soup.com: Insects and Spiders
An extensive list of activities, songs, poems, and fingerplays are listed by alphabet-soup.com. Additional recipes, art projects, and literature connections are also included.