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Monarch Watch
This is an excellent resource for information about the monarch butterfly that includes information about life cycle, migration, observation, conservation, classroom activities, butterfly gardening, butterfly rearing, and the like.
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.
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Fermilab Flora and Fauna Virtual Exhibit: The Monarch Butterfly and Milkweed
This site traces the life cycle of the monarch butterfly and contains links for more in depth study of the terms presented.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: The Life of a Monarch Butterfly
Students love the magic of the metamorphosis that produces a butterfly. We will listen to the story and write about our favorite part and include a picture. Examples of the student's work are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Monarch Migration
This video from Nature features the start of the monarch butterfly's northward trek. [3:02]
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Monarchs & Migration
Read all about monarch butterflies and their migrations. Find out what teachers, students, and families across America are saying and doing about monarch butterflies.
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.
Nature Canada
Nature Canada: How to Plant a Monarch Friendly Garden
Information about how to create your own Monarch butterfly garden in your backyard is provided. There are detailed descriptions of the kinds of milkweed and other wildflower plants that a Monarch butterfly needs in order to lay its...
Nature Canada
Nature Canada: Monarch Butterfly
This information page on the monarch butterfly tells where and when you can find one. Details about how to recognize one and its diet are also given.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: How Far Can Monarchs Fly?
Many creatures seek out warm weather as the environment chills for winter. Dr. Universe will address how far these popular butterflies will travel to warm up.
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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.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Draw a Monarch Butterfly
Learn how to make a scientific illustration of a monarch butterfly in several easy steps.
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The Childen's Butterfly Site: Coloring the Monarch's Life Cycle
A series of 4 blacklines for younger children to color. These detail the life stages of the monarch butterfly.
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Viceroy Butterfly
The upperside of the viceroy is orange and black, and looks a lot like the monarch butterfly, except the viceroy has a black line across the hindwing and a single row of white dots in the black band on the edges of their wings. Where...
Ed Koday
Koday's Kids Amazing Insects: Monarch
Learn all about the Monarch butterfly with this interesting fact page and pictures.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Science Crossword Puzzles Life Cycle of Monarch Butterfly [Pdf]
Find out what you know about life cycles by completing this crossword puzzle!
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Changes in a Monarch's Life Cycle
Young scholars will observe and work with monarch larva. Once they have experienced the life cycle we will go outside to observe milkweed and identify the stages of monarch that are seen on the plant. Back inside the classroom we will...
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...
Read Works
Read Works: Time to Fly!
[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.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania
Put students' observation skills to the test with these activities and guides.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Thinking Fountain: Monarch Watch
An activity to help students learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. Information about metamorphosis and migration is also included.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Butterfly Collection
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.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Monarch Butterfly
This close up photo shows a beautiful Monarch butterfly perched on a flower. The Monarch butterfly has easily recognizable black and orange wings with white dots. Learn more about butterflies by checking out our fun butterfly facts for...
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