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Butterflies, Butterflies, Butterflies

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Transform your class into a butterfly museum! Research different types of butterflies, their habitat, and life cycle. Interactive components such as PowerPoint presentations, Claymation movies, and webpages add pizzaz to the museum displays. The kids utilize various search engines to complete the assignment. Then, open the door to other classes! and have your learners present their information! 

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search engines, Research, the internet, multimedia, butterflies, habitats, life cycles, making observations, moths, wildlife

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butterfly, docent, habitat, life cycle, moth, wildlife, Informational Text, multimedia, observation, search engines, search tools, science
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
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Project-Based Learning
Technology
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Video
Year
2002

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