Learn how a rotary phone transformed into the smartphones we have today in this article.

This is an interesting experiment for an Investigator who is 1) curious about insect metamorphosis and 2) patient. You'll need to set up different controlled environments for the chrysalides, and then check on them regularly as you wait...

The tutorial examines metamorphosis. Some topics explored are complete metamorphosis, incomplete metamorphosis, and crustacean metamorphosis. Definitions, examples, and pictures are on the concept are included.

Discusses the five characteristics that living things have and nonliving things do not.

Use these images to study the monarch butterfly's life cycle.

Olina is playing on the beach with the animals. Join her and find out more about life cycles and animals?

Describes the stages in the metamorphosis of a fruit fly during its life cycle.

The goal of this activity is for students to learn how to tell a story in order to make a complex topic (such as global warming or ozone holes) easier for a reader to grasp. Students realize that the narrative impulse underlies even...

Read about the 1986 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Wole Soyinka. This website is organized into the following sections: "Press Release," Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," and "Other Resources."

This site features the author Franz Kafka including a biography and the full text of the novel The Metamorphosis.

Article reports on the changes galaxies have experienced that can be observed with the Hubble telescope.

James E. Kiefer's extensive biography features anecdotes from Samuel Johnson's childhood plus discussion of his struggles with disability and the metamorphosis of his religious and philosophical beliefs. This site includes excerpts from...

For teaching Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, this site provides links to lesson plans, handouts, and other resources to enhance student understanding.

Franziska Bauer explains how a butterfly emerges from squishy larvae to an armored, aerodynamic, and nimble adult.

A brief explanation of life cycle is provided along with pictoral respresentations of three different examples of life cycles (apple tree, butterfly and frog). The term metamorphosis is introduced and the resouce has an interactive...

What are butterflies? Kids find out about the metamorphasis that makes a catterpillar turn into a butterfly.

Some facts about the monarch butterfly, which is the state insect of Texas.

Page presents and discusses the "double life" of amphibians, prior to and following metamorphosis. Good site, using primarily text-based methods.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares and contrasts the major stages in insect life cycles, such as those that undergo incomplete and complete metamorphosis.

Notes introducing denouement and providing plot diagrams and examples of denouement in three classical texts: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, and "The Duchess and the Jeweler" by...

An awesome review of the M.C. Escher exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. There are 24 images of Escher's works here out of the 330 that the National Gallery has on hand. There is also a biography on Escher that is very useful.

This drawing shows the metamorphosis of a frog. The five different images each show a stage in the development from tadpole to fully grown frog.

The life cycle of the frog is presented in an easy to read format. A simple diagram of the cycle is included.

Learn about the complete metamorphosis of the darkling beetle.