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Alfalfa Butterfly/Caterpillar Lifecycle Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers collect and record data. They model specimens. Students identify sex of butterflies. They analyze data. High schoolers make conclusions based on collected data. They compare and contrast the different groups of insects...
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Flutterings and Flowers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the significance of natural resources and the habitats of butterflies. They create a list of their own favorite foods, then watch a video about habitats. Students identify things in the video that animals and...
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Label the Butterfly Life Cycle Diagram

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this science worksheet, students study the life cycle of a butterfly by first reading the information on the page. Students then label a life cycle diagram and read 4 definitions of important words.
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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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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify the stages in the butterfly life cycle. After completing a KWL chart, students participate in a brief lecture on the stages of the butterfly life cycle. Using reading books and Internet research, students complete an...
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Reading "Beetles, Bees and Butterflys"

For Students 3rd - 6th
Reading information about beetles, bees, and butterflies is the focus of this science worksheet. Students apply vocabulary and comprehension skills in order to answer six questions based on the reading.
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this activity on the life cycle of the butterfly, students look at 4 pictures representing the life cycle stages, and choose words from a word box that match each picture. Students then number the pictures in the correct order of life...
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Butterfly Metamorphosis Booklet

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars study the four different stages of butterfly metamorphosis, For this butterfly life cycle lesson, students construct a metamorphosis booklet by recording and illustrating the butterfly life cycles in the booklet....
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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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Moths and Butterflies crossword puzzle

For Students 4th - 8th
In this moths and butterflies worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle about moths and butterflies. Students complete 26 blanks in the crossword puzzle.
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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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Science - Life Cycle of the Butterfly

For Students 4th - 6th
In this butterfly worksheet, students learn about the 4 stages that a butterfly goes through during metamorphosis. They then use what they learned to answer the 9 questions on the page. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Life Cycle of Animals: Butterfly, Cockroach, Mosquito

For Students 4th - 5th
In these life cycle worksheets, students write true or false for the statements about the life cycles of butterflies, cockroaches, and mosquitoes. Students name 3 examples of animals with life cycles similar to butterflies and...
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Butterfly Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils, after brainstorming and discussing butterflies, answer a variety of key questions involving butterflies by participating in a butterfly scavenger hunt. They assess various butterfly facts, a butterfly's life cycle in detail and...
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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers K
Students observe and identify the changes that occur in the life cycle of a butterfly. They view photos of each stage of the life cycle, create an art project of the butterfly cycle, and illustrate a book titled "The Life of a Butterfly."
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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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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete lessons on a butterfly life cycle, moon phases, hot water, and shadows. In this science lesson plan, students complete activities where they read books, look at demonstrations, and complete experiments.
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Science Crossword Puzzles - The Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly

For Students 3rd
In this science crossword puzzle worksheet, 3rd graders determine the answer to 7 clues using vocabulary associated with the life cycle of Monarch butterfly.
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Metamorphosis Magic

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students play rock-paper-scissors and create a play to demonstrate the butterfly life cycle. For this butterfly life cycle lesson plan, students also plant a butterfly garden with plants that attract butterflies.
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Metamorphosis Magic

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars make different motions for each stage in the butterfly life cycle and plant a garden. In this butterfly life cycle lesson plan, students can take the mini gardens home and discuss how butterflies help gardens.
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North American Butterflies and Moths of Fields, Meadows, and Fencerows

For Students 5th - 8th
In this North American butterflies and moths worksheet, learners click on the links in the questions about North American butterflies and moths of fields, meadows, and fencerows to find the answers to the questions and then come back and...
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Painted Balsa-Foam Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students research a butterfly and create butterfly art. In this visual arts lesson plan, students choose a specific butterfly to research and create a Balsa-Foam butterfly of the same species. Students use Balsa-Foam, modeling tools, and...
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Butterfly migration

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this butterfly migration worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions about the ways butterflies migrate. Students complete 5 questions total.
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Cycles of Life

For Teachers K
Students explore the metamorphosis of an insect as it changes from an egg to pupa to an adult. the process of change is observed, recorded, and transformed into a life cycle picture.