Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is Alive?
This lesson is the opening lesson for a unit of study entitled "Why Doesn't A Caterpillar Grow Up To Be An Oak Tree?" during which learners take a look at life cycles of plants and animals. This lesson will encourage students to explore...
Scholastic
Scholastic Explorers: Endangered Ecosystems
A great site with something for all grades. Do research on rainforests, follow field research on animals in Latin America, and show what you know through interactive assessments. Lots to see on this site which is a collaboration of...
![Core Knowledge: Poetry in Motion [Pdf] Lesson Plan](https://static.lp.lexp.cloud/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/FPO-knovation.png "Core Knowledge: Poetry in Motion [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
Other
Core Knowledge: Poetry in Motion [Pdf]
Collection in pdf format of seven lessons integrating poetry across-the-curriculum. Includes dramatization, developing poetry reading skills, and creating poetry appreciation. Printable graphic organizers and a fine bibliography...
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Alien Empire
Outstanding site that compliments an insect series on PBS. Interactive presentations include bee anatomy and honeybee hives. Includes interactive puzzles, teacher's guides, and formats for making insect masks.
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.
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.
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Luna Moths
Luna moths are one of the most unusual and beautiful of the North American moths known as Saturnidae. They are well known for their green-yellow colors and long tails,and although they are often seen in pictures, they are a real surprise...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Red Admiral
The upperside of the red admiral butterfly is black with white spots near the wing tips. The forewing has a red band across the middle, and the hindwing has a red band along the edge. The red admirals that are born during the winter are...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Painted Lady
The upperside of the wings is orange-brown with darker wing bases. The forewing has a black patch and white bar on leading edge, and the hindwing has a row of 5 small black spots and sometimes has blue scales. The underside has a black,...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Buckeye Butterfly
The buckeye is a medium-sized butterfly with two large multicolored eyespots on hindwings and one large eyespot on forewings. The background color of the buckeye is mostly brown. Its forewing has 2 orange cell bars and 1 large eyespot...
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...
Other
Vida: Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly
Use these images to study the monarch butterfly's life cycle.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Web Based Bookmarks to Conduct Internet Research
The important thing about this lesson is that it connects literature and science. The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown provides a model for original student poems about a content area topic. Web-based bookmarks guide students to...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Cool Science for Kids: Butterflies Come From?
Hands-on activity for investigating the life stages of a butterfly.
Other
Cocoon: Articles and Butterfly Life Cycle
A collection of cocoon and butterfly articles as well as stories, cartoons, coloring, and animations.
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tar Heel Reader: Where Do Butterflies Come From
A digital version of a butterfly life cycle picture book for young readers.
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.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Eric Carle Author Study
This resource features an author study of Eric Carle. Students and teachers can gain a deeper understanding into this author's life and work when they visit.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Butterfly Life Cycle: Butterfly Worksheets and Games
Expand your butterfly knowledge with these interactive worksheets and games.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Crafts for Kids
Choose from dozens of simple crafts including activities for the holidays, animal crafts and much more.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Metamorphosis
A very simple, interactive, and informative explanation of things students can do to learn more about butterflies. Elementary appropriate.
Other
The Butterfly Website
The Butterfly Website reveals the world of butterflies with photos, clip art, a butterfly atlas, and related resource links.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Wildlife Journal Jr: Making a Butterfly Garden
Learn how to build a butterfly garden and choose plants that will provide food for caterpillars and butterflies.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Songs and Poems
This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.
Other popular searches
- Caterpillars and Butterflies
- Caterpillars to Butterfly
- Caterpillars Stage
- Art About Caterpillars
- Caterpillars Anatomy
- Worms Caterpillars
- Texas Caterpillars
- Caterpillars stages.com
- Florida Caterpillars
- Caterpillars Body Segments
- Caterpillars Stagescom
- Hungry Caterpillars