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From Caterpillars to Butterflies: Life Cycles
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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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
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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Life Cycle of Butterfly
Second graders investigate life cycles of insects by writing a story.  In this butterfly life instructional activity, 2nd graders create a checklist of the many steps a caterpillar takes before growing wings and flying. ...
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Where do Butterflies Come From?
After tapping into their memories or experiences of baby animals, viewers delve into the insect life cycle of a butterfly and the amphibian life cycle of a frog. When exploring life cycles, show this presentation to your elementary life...
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The Dance of the Butterfly
Students explore butterfly life cycles and movement.  In this integrated fine arts and biology life cycle lesson, students listen to the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and identify the related life cycle stages....
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Butterfly
An interactive challenges scholars to read a short informational text about butterflies then answer eight questions. A progress report appears after the last question.
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Butterfly Life Cycle
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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Butterfly Life Cycle
Students describe and state the four stages of the life cycle of a butterfly. In this life cycle lesson plan, students copy words and pictures from the life cycle and then identify each stage.
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Life Cycles: A Never-Ending Story
Second graders describe the sequence of events in the life cycles of a butterfly, frog, and a deer. They observe the differences and similarities of parents and babies. They also discover that at different stages the animals can be...
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Life Cycles
Using computers, Students work in small groups and progress through the roles of Explorer, Researcher, Designer, and Evaluator as they study the life cycle of plants, insects, butterflies and frogs.
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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
In this life cycle of a butterfly worksheet, students answer 7 short answer questions, draw a picture of a butterfly, answer 4 vocabulary questions and fill in 6 fill in the blank statements about butterflies.
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Life Cycle of the Butterfly
Second graders investigate the stages in the life cycle of the butterfly. They create a picture using Kid Pix tools. They give a description of the picture that they have created.
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Building a Butterfly Garden
Learners plant a garden which will become the habitat for butterflies as they go through their life cycle.  In this life cycle lesson, students grow plants that attract butterflies and feed caterpillars in order to observe the...
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Butterflies
In this science related worksheet, students complete a word search puzzle on the life cycle of butterflies by locating twelve key terms.
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Design a Butterfly
Students access prior knowledge of butterflies.  In this butterfly lesson, students create butterflies and compare and contrast their butterflies. Students describe the various body parts.
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The Birth of a Butterfly
Students explore the life cycle of a butterfly. In this butterfly lesson, students visit Internet websites, observe a live butterfly culture, and examine pictures of the stages of the butterfly life cycle in order to independently...
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Butterfly Life Cycle...
In this butterfly learning exercise, students study a picture of a butterfly and label the picture with the different stages of the life cycle of a butterfly.
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Cycles of Life
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.
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Reading Adventure Pack: What's Next? The Very Hungry Caterpillar
A series of hands-on activities follows a reading of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Learners create a paper collage to explore the beginning, middle, and end of days of the week, numbers, and more. They grow a butterfly...
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Inviting Butterflies to the Schoolyard
Students create a butterfly garden. In this butterfly garden lesson plan, students plot a garden with plant species that will attract butterflies. Students learn about the specific plants and items that will help butterflies use the garden.
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Science - Life Cycle of the Butterfly
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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The World of Insects and Spiders
Learners identify numerous insects and their body parts.  In this insect life lesson, students practice using scientific vocabulary while comparing the different parts of spiders and insects.  Learners view several videos...
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Butterfly Lifecycles
What a great way to present this topic! While a little difficult to follow, this lesson provides great ideas for a second grade lesson involving butterfly lifecycles. Learners make drawings of butterflies, discuss life cycles, and write...
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Araceli Solis Butterflies Unit
Third graders study the life cycle, eating habits, habitats, and migration patterns of butterflies in this series of lessons.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
