Teaching about Butterflies

K.1P.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS.
K.1L.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

Lesson 7–Introduce Butterflies, Lesson 8–Butterfly Characteristics, Lesson 9–Painted Lady Model, Lesson 10–Hide a Butterfly

• D, TB: Butterfly Anatomy
• D, TB: Butterfly Head
• D, TB: Butterfly Thorax
• D, TB: Butterfly Wings
• D, TB: Butterfly Abdomen
• D, TB: Label a Butterfly
• D: Caterpillar Anatomy Simple
• D, TB: Caterpillar Anatomy
• D, TB: All about the Painted Lady
• D, TB: All about the Viceroy Butterfly
• TB: Oregon Silverspot threatened

Lesson 11–Butterfly Life Cycle

• V: Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly (contains some advanced information)
  • V: Time-lapse of the monarch butterfly turning into a chrysallis
  • V: Time-lapse of the butterfly emerging from the chrysallis
• A: Life Cycle to label
• D, TB: Life Cycle of a Butterfly
• D, TB: Life Cycle Printout
• D, TB: Caterpillar Anatomy
• D, TB: Pupa Anatomy
• D: Painted Lady Life Cycle

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A: Activities   TB: Teacher Background   SB: Student Background

V: Video   D: Diagram   L: Lots of Links

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ENCHANTED LEARNING: BUTTERFLIES

Teacher Background

• The Butterfly Website
• Butterflies at other schools

Crafts

• Coloringbookfun.com
• Origami butterflies
• Butterfly coloring book
• Wax Paper Stained Glass Windows
• Make a Butterfly Wand
• Coloring Book to Make
• Paper Plate Puppet
• Butterfly Mobile
• Butterfly Card
• Paper Chain Caterpillar Toy
• Egg Carton Animals

Language

• Teacher CyberGuide: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Butterfly Journal
• Butterfly
• Stories and Poetry
• Poetry from CanTeach

Spanish Web pages

• El Mundo de Las Plants