Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Does Temperature Affect the Rate of Butterfly Development?
This is an interesting experiment for an Investigator who is 1) curious about insect metamorphosis and 2) patient. You'll need to set up different controlled environments for the chrysalides, and then check on them regularly as you wait...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Butterflies in Space
In 2009, four painted lady butterflies flew aboard space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station, where they grew and lived. Students can use original photos from the mission to conduct open-ended scientific investigations to...
Iowa State University
Iowa State University: Entomology Image Gallery
This site provides an extensive collection of photographs of insects.
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National Geographic
National Geographic: The Great Nature Project: Butterfly Mission [Pdf]
Get involved with the Great Nature Project! This resource focuses on the life cycle of butterflies.
Other
Insects.org: Insects on the Web
Explore the fascinating stories of insects and the roles they play in our lives. Check out the photos and descriptions, learn how they help humans, find some great educational resources, and much more.
Other
Iowa State University: Bug Guide: Butterflies
The learning resource is a guide to a better understanding of butterflies. Some topics discussed are the identification, food, and life cycle of the butterfly. In addition to an information guide the activity has images of butterflies.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Monarch Butterfly
Resource on the monarch butterfly, which includes migration maps, instructions for tracking and observing migration, and an opportunity to report your sightings. Also provides teacher information and classroom lessons.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration
Join the celebration by creating paper butterflies that will migrate to their counterparts in Mexico for the winter. Children in Mexico who live beside the monarch's winter sanctuaries send them north in the spring.
National Geographic
National Geographic: The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Its Life Cycle
Engage students with a retelling of Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and watch a video from "Great Migrations" to enhance scientific discovery of the life of a butterfly.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Butterfly Wings: More Than Meets the Eye
Learn about the camouflage that butterflies use both in their chrysalis and adult stages to avoid being eaten by predators.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Butterfly Disguises Pupa to Resemble Venomous Snake
Read about an unusual adaptation of a butterfly. Includes video.
Other
Houston Museum of Natural History
This site has links to all aspects of the Houston Museum of Natural History.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: The Butterfly Kingdom
Learn about Taiwan's amazing wealth of butterflies, many of which can be found nowhere else in the world. See how butterflies have influenced Taiwanese culture, how some people have made a business from butterflies, and about efforts...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Butterflies
An in-depth description of butterflies, with information about their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures. [3:17]
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Critter Catalog: Insects
A thorough site that provides a description of the characteristics of insects and then focuses on the insects of southeastern Michigan. Pictures, classification groupings, and sound clips of insects are included.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Pollination Parties
This lesson helps students understand the concept of pollination. Objectives, materials, procedures, adaptations, discussion questions, evaluation, extensions, suggested readings, links, vocabulary, and academic standards are all included!
Utah Education Network
Uen: From Caterpillars to Butterflies: Life Cycles
Second graders will illustrate and compare the life cycle of a butterfly.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
Here you can view maps showing the migratory paths of dozens of animals across the northern hemisphere, report a sighting of one of the animals listed in the database, and much more.
Texas A&M University
Insects in the Classroom: Lesson Plans
A very comprehensive site that includes insect lesson plans for ages 3-18 and links to a syllabus, course material, activities, and related resources.
Other
Curriki: Butterfly Life Cycle Lesson Plan
Project to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and how the caterpillar becomes to be a butterfly.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Monarch Butterfly
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on monarch butterflies including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Draw a Monarch Butterfly
Learn how to create a scientific illustration of a monarch butterfly in a few easy steps.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Gardens: Butterfly Gardening Fact Sheet [Pdf]
This fact sheet provides a comprehensive overview of butterfly gardening. Learn about the life cycle of the butterfly, what plants attract them and what we can do as a society to preserve these marvelous habitats.