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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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From Caterpillar to Butterfly

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this butterfly book worksheet, students illustrate the descriptions of the life cycle of a butterfly to create a book about the life of a butterfly.
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Butterfly Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study the butterfly life cycle. In this interdisciplinary life cycles lesson, students study the life cycle of a butterfly, their migration habits, and the culture of the region in Mexico where butterflies migrate to in the winter.
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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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Butterfly or Moth?

For Students 3rd - 6th
What is the main difference between a moth and a butterfly? Butterflies have club-shaped antennae, while moths have a feather-like antennae. But what else differentiates these beautiful insects? The presentation in the resource...
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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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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. In 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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Life Cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners 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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Butterfly Round-Up

For Teachers 2nd - Higher Ed
Students classify the characteristics of butterflies and moths moths. In this life cycle lesson, students identify butterflies and moths common in the state of Iowa as well as their characteristics.  Students then learn the proper...
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Growing Up in the Atlantic Rainforest

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students read and study pictures about the life cycle of a butterfly. Students then answer 10 questions about the passage. There is a word bank.
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Quick-Change Flip Book

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create flip books that illustrate the growth and change of a plant or an animal as it goes through its life cycle.
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Butterfly Metamorphosis Booklet

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students study the four different stages of butterfly metamorphosis, In this butterfly life cycle lesson, students construct a metamorphosis booklet by recording and illustrating the butterfly life cycles in the booklet. Vocabulary and...
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Monarch Chrysalis

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine the last stage of the monarch butterfly. In this life cycles lesson, students read the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar and study photos of the monarch life cycle. Students illustrate the third stage of the monarch...
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Alabama Wildlife Federation

Butterfly Book

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Journaling is a great tool for processing information. Budding scientists build their own butterfly journals from their observations in a butterfly garden. The lesson challenges them to identify different stages of the life of the...
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Alabama Wildlife Federation

Bloomin' Butterflies

For Teachers K - 12th
Get an up close and personal look at the metamorphosis of the butterfly. Pupils take ownership of their learning by collecting butterfly eggs, building a cage, and raising them to adulthood. The lesson plan resource provides instructions...
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Butterfly Life

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
This PowerPoint includes illustrations and explanations of each of the 4 stages in the life of a butterfly. The text provides appropriate reading material for students to practice nonfiction reading comprehension strategies. The text is...
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Butterfly Lesson 2 - Monarch Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study the Monarch Butterfly life cycle. In this Monarch Butterfly lesson, students examine what happens prior to a caterpillar hatching, how often it sheds its skin, and what the caterpillar goes through when it is...
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Butterflies

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students will explore the life cycle of the Painted Lady butterfly by raising their own. They will incorporate math, science, and language arts as they graph, pattern, journal, observe, and artistically create.
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Butterfly and Caterpillar

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and create their own "Very Hungry Caterpillar" book to learn the life cycle of a butterfly.
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Classroom Animals & Pets - Insects & Company - Butterflies

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students examine the life cycle of a butterfly. They place caterpillars in a cage and observe their change to a butterfly. Students discover how much a caterpillar eats and annotate growth information.
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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the life cycle and development of butterflies. They complete an online WebQuest, and write journal entries about their research information. Students create a poster, and observe real Painted Lady larvae...
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Magical Metamorphosis

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the life cycle of the butterfly and the process of metamorphosis through the creation of painted life cycle habitat. They place each part of the cycle in the correct location through the use of a visual diagram.
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Plant Life Cycle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this exploring the processes from seed to reproduction of a plant online interactive worksheet, students read a passage explaining the plant life cycle and answer multiple choice questions about what they read. Students choose 8 answers.
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Butterflies Crossword Puzzle

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science worksheet, learners complete a crossword puzzle by writing in words related to the life cycle of a butterfly. Students review ten vocabulary words on this worksheet.

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