This page includes sections on butterflies v. moths, amazing bodies, life cycle, camouflage and mimicry. Good reference site for teachers.
All about butterflies is a comprehensive online hypertext book about butterflies. Suitable for kids grades K through adult. Information about life cycle, anatomy, species, and more. Includes printouts, and illustrated directory, classroom activities, crafts and classification, diagrams and graphs, etc. Very easy to use.
Includes a Students' Guide to Butterflies, Common Questions and Answers, a Butterfly Photo Gallery, and a Glossary of Terms, as well as Butterfly Links. Good information and photos. Good reference for teachers and older students.
This Billy Bear site has brightly colored text, photos
of the life cycle of a butterfly, lots of coloring pages, cutouts, flash
cards, bookmarks, crafts, and lots of online games! Perfect for kids grades
K through 6, as well as their teachers.
The
Children's Butterfly Site
This site features photo galleries of butterflies in Latin America, Western Europe, Great Britain, and North America. There are coloring pages showing the butterfly's life cycle, a frequently asked questions page, references for books and videos, and links to pictures. Great for teachers and kids in third grade and beyond.
This site, from The Butterflyhouse Museum in St. Luis Missouri, is full of fun facts and photographs about Monarch butterflies. Students can learn how to tell a boy from a girl monarch, about their life cycle, about "friendship," where they go when they fly away, and the like. Kid friendly and easy to use.
Monarch Watch Multimedia Gallery
This Monarch Watch site includes a listing of schools and their web sites on "monarch watch." Click on the schools to see photo journals of their experiences raising and observing butterflies. The Monarch Watch site also includes photos of butterflies in different life cycle stages, essays, artwork, and hyperstudio stacks. A fun site for a classroom of any age.
Insecta Inspecta World: Monarch Butterfly
View photos, read general information about the monarch, its scientific name, taxonomy, eggs, the caterpillar, chrysalis, migration, tagging, season recoveries, and view a United States butterfly migration map. Colorful. Suitable for teachers and 4th through 6th graders.
Learn how to plant a garden that will attract butterflies. Includes a list of plants, which plants attract which butterflies, and other tips. Seven steps in all. Useful for teachers and students who are planning a butterfly garden.
This photo essay features a series of pictures of a monarch
butterfly emerging from a crysalis. Includes descriptive text and a link
to the Florida Monarch Butterfly site. Great for classroom use.
