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Life Cycle of a Butterfly/ Moth

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore the life cycle of butterflies, illustrate the life cycle of the butterfly, and compare the researched facts to stories written by Eric Carle about caterpillars and butterflies.
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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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Metamorphosis Magic

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students 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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Butterfly Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students, 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 - 2nd
Students investigate the life cycle of a butterfly. In this life cycle lesson, students read the book Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons and discuss the four stages of the life cycle. Students illustrate the life cycle on chart paper.
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Moths and Butterflies crossword puzzle

For Students 4th - 8th
In this moths and butterflies worksheet, learners complete a crossword puzzle about moths and butterflies. Students complete 26 blanks in the crossword puzzle.
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A Moth Is Not a Butterfly!

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners identify the differences and similarities between a butterfly and a moth. They complete a Venn diagram, participate in class discussion and conduct related Internet research on the topic.
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Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this milkweed bug and monarch butterfly worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle dealing with milkweed bugs and monarch butterflies. Students answer 15 questions in the puzzle.
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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. In this butterfly life cycle lesson plan, students also plant a butterfly garden with plants that attract butterflies.
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Who am I?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Here is a colorful worksheet that has learners identify 16 different kinds of insects. Each insect has an accurate and colorful drawing associated with it. The insect names are at the bottom of the worksheet, and pupils must match up...
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County Butterfly/Moth Poster

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars discover how to identify the butterflies or moths found in their Illinois County. They use the Lepidoptera database list to find the scientific names, searching field guides and the Internet for the common name.
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Cloze Activity: Mini Worlds

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this butterflies, moths, and caterpillars cloze procedure worksheet, students review a brief selection that is missing 10 words and then attempt to fill in each blank with a word they think the author might have used. A word bank is...
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Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly puzzle

For Students 4th - 8th
For this milkweed and monarch butterfly worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle about milkweed and monarch butterflies. Students complete 15 blanks in the puzzle.
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Body Parts of a Butterfly

For Teachers K
Students identify the seven major parts of a butterfly. For this butterfly anatomy lesson, students explore three dimensional models of butterflies and discuss the anatomy. Students view a PowerPoint for the anatomical parts of a...
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Milkweed & Monarch Butterfly Mania Word Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word search about milkweed and monarch butterflies worksheet, students use the words in the word bank to discover the words printed forward, backward, and diagonally. Students find 20 words.
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From Caterpillars to Butterflies: Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a read aloud of the Eric Carle's, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and talk about the life cycle of caterpillars. They draw illustrations of the life cycle and compare it with the life cycle of another familiar...
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Moth

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this animal facts worksheet, young scholars will read information about moths including what they eat and where they live. Then students will color a picture of a moth.
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How a Caterpillar Becomes a Butterfly

For Teachers K - 1st
Student role play and draw the various stages an insect goes through to become a butterfly. They discover the different stages of how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. Students read The Very Hungry Caterpilla by Eric Carle.
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What Is An Insect?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students find and classify insects. They collect insects, study them with a hand lens and identify its body parts. Afterwards, they discus various types of insects and thier Orders such as beetles, butterflies and moths, grasshoppers, etc.
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A Lovely Captive

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct a habitat which allows them to observe the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. They place a plate on the bottom of the cylinder to serve as a landing platform. They use the cage for keeping adult...
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Mini Worlds

For Students 5th - 8th
In this insects worksheet, students 18 questions regarding butterflies, moths, bees and spiders. A print out version of this worksheet is available, but the online version contains links to various webpages with information on the...
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Natural Selection and the Peppered Moth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study natural selection and its process in the peppered moth. For this evolution lesson, students read about the concept of natural selection as suggested by Charles Darwin. Students then complete a natural selection simulation...
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Going Buggy!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students study bugs over a four week period.  In this insect collection of activities, students observe insects covering basic science concepts and skills, such as classification, observation, and responses to habitat.  Students develop...
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Butterfly/Moth Poster

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students learn how to identify which species of dragonflies or butterflies are found in their County by learning to read the Odonata or Lepidoptera checklist to find the scientific names; they also search field guides and the Internet...

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