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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Butterfly Wings: More Than Meets the Eye

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the camouflage that butterflies use both in their chrysalis and adult stages to avoid being eaten by predators.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Butterfly Disguises Pupa to Resemble Venomous Snake

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about an unusual adaptation of a butterfly. Includes video.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Gardens: Butterfly Gardening Fact Sheet [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet provides a comprehensive overview of butterfly gardening. Learn about the life cycle of the butterfly, what plants attract them and what we can do as a society to preserve these marvelous habitats.
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Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Butterflies

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive wildlife site provides extensive data on the butterfly. Discover more about its diet, population, range, and behavior.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 6 2 14: Why Amazonian Butterflies Hover Over Turtles

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about the interesting and unusual relationship between butterflies and turtles in the Amazon rainforest.
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Seeker

Seeker: Week of 8 18 14: Ancient Butterfly Headed Reptile Discovered

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the this flying reptile that has recently been rediscovered by scientists after approximately 80,000 years.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: How Far Can Monarchs Fly?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Many creatures seek out warm weather as the environment chills for winter. Dr. Universe will address how far these popular butterflies will travel to warm up.
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Sea Changes

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the serious impact greenhouse gases are having on the pH balance of the oceans. It looks at the sea butterfly, which has more difficulty forming a shell as ocean acidification increases, as well as the damage acidification does...
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A&E Television

History.com: How the 2000 Election Came Down to a Supreme Court Decision

For Students 9th - 10th
As Florida's electoral votes became too close to call, controversy ensued over hanging chads, dimpled chads and butterfly bullets. Five hundred thirty-seven votes. That's all that separated Democrat Al Gore and his Republican challenger...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Being Afraid

For Students 3rd - 8th
This easy-to-understand guide reveals what anxiety is and what it is not. Find out what some of the ways to deal with anxiety are, and what causes some people to be especially anxious.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: New York Swing: Design Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how to transform a common-style backyard area to include plants that will invite wildlife like songbirds, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Nash Prairie Preserve

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the beauty of America's prairies and examine efforts to preserve this vanishing part of America's landscape.
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Southern African Water Crisis: Some Grassland Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can read a fact sheet on South African grasslands. Content includes a look at origins, water supply, plants and animals, economics, and current conservation status.

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