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Butterfly Metamorphosis

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars read a story, watch a video, and interact with a butterfly website to learn about butterfly metamorphosis. In this butterfly lesson plan, students listen, discuss, and participate in activities relating the metamorphosis...
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Flutter By!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify and list the four main stages of a life cycle of a butterfly. In this butterfly lesson plan, 2nd graders use the internet and videos to learn about the life cycle and be able to list them on their own.
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Butterflies

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students complete art projects about butterflies. In this butterflies lesson plan, students complete projects including tissue paper butterflies, edible caterpillars, coloring pages, and more.
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The World of Insects and Spiders

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify numerous insects and their body parts.  In this insect life lesson, students practice using scientific vocabulary while comparing the different parts of spiders and insects.  Students view several videos...
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Butterfly: Print and Color

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition learning exercise, students trace the word "butterfly," write the word independently, and color the picture of the butterfly.
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Butterfly picture

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this butterfly worksheet, learners color a picture of a butterfly and then trace and write the word butterfly. Students color, trace, and write one time each.
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Butterfly: Print and Color 5

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, learners trace the word "butterfly," write the word independently, and color the picture of the butterfly.
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Butterfly: Print and Color 12

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition activity, students trace the word "butterfly," write the word independently, and color the picture of the butterfly.
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Butterfly: Print and Color 9

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "butterfly," write the word independently, and color the picture of the butterfly
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Butterfly: Print and Color 10

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "butterfly," write the word independently, and color the picture of the butterfly.
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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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Birds, Bees and Butterflies

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students complete a variety of activities surrounding science, music and art.  In this nature and animals lesson, students sing songs, color a picture of make a butterfly, listen and dance to music, make a butterfly, recite riddles...
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Marbled Butterfly

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students construct butterflies from friendly plastic for a Holocaust Museum in Houston. In this visual art lesson, students honor children of the Holocaust by making butterflies.
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Counting to 20 Fish and Snails

For Students K - 2nd Standards
In this counting activity, students count up the number of butterflies in each problem up to the number 20. Students count butterflies in 2 problems.
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Building a Butterfly Garden

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students plant a garden which will become the habitat for butterflies as they go through their life cycle.  In this life cycle lesson plan, students grow plants that attract butterflies and feed caterpillars in order to observe the...
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All About the Human Life Cycle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this life cycle activity, students read about the butterfly life cycle and draw pictures about it. Students draw 2 pictures and answer 2 short answer questions about the life cycle.
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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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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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Life Cycle of the Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate the life cycle of butterflies. In this butterfly lesson, students record the life cycle of a butterfly using digital cameras. Students make digital books or slide shows at the end of the project.
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Papalotzin y las Monarcas

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine theme. In this Papalotzin y las Monarcas lesson, students read an English or Spanish version of the story. Students discuss the themes of community and positive change in the story.
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Butterfly Eggs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners make butterfly eggs. In this butterfly lesson plan, students discuss the differences between butterfly eggs and other eggs. Learners learn how butterflies lay their eggs and then make butterfly eggs out of clay.
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students illustrate a life cycle. In this butterfly lesson, students watch the video The Very Hungry Caterpillar and discuss the life cycle of a butterfly. Students illustrate the stages.
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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the life cycle of a butterfly. In this life cycle instructional activity, students read the book Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons and discuss the four stages of the life cycle. Students illustrate the life cycle on...
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Making a Symmetrical Butterfly

For Students K
In this math, science, art worksheet, students draw the other side of a butterfly tracing to show symmetry. They trace their own hands four times on colorful paper to make the rest of the butterfly before gluing it altogether.