Butterflies
Online Activities for
Junior Classes.
Native American legends
say, if you have a secret wish,
capture a butterfly and whisper your wish in its ear.
Release the butterfly, and it will carry your wish
to the Great Spirit, where it will surely come true.
Activity One.
We are going to be
learning about Butterflies. To start our study print out and read the
story below.
The Wings of the
Butterfly: A
Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest.
Grow some swan plant seeds
in small pots or purchase one from a garden centre.
Keep your plants outside
in the 
In spring watch carefully
for the monarch butterflies to appear and lay some eggs.
They will lay them on the
underside of the leaf.
As soon as the eggs are
laid make a timeline.
Watch the eggs carefully
and write the date and record observations on the time line.
How long does it take
for the eggs to hatch into a caterpillar?
Activity Two.
Monarch
Butterflies.
Take a look at
"The
Wonderful World of Monarchs."
Click on "How to Raise a
Monarch" and "Photo Gallery."
Now go to
Parts
of a Butterfly
Learn the parts of a
butterfly, print out a butterfly picture and label it.
You will need to take a
look at Butterfly
Anatomy
Include your print out
in a "Butterfly
Booklet."
Activity Three.
Take a look at the
Life
Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly.
You will need to click on
the links (The Egg, Larva, Pupa and Adult) which are across the top
of the page.
Print and colour a
Life
Cycle worksheet. Include
it in your booklet.
These pages will also help
you. Take a look at
Metamorphosis
and
The Life Cycle of the Butterfly.
and
Larva
Activity Four.
Learning how to follow
instructions.
Go to
Where
Do Butterflies Come From?
Print out the page and
follow the instructions to make a butterfly.
You can make your own
butterfly or you could work with a friend.
Activity Five.
Butterflies are
Symmetrical. Go here to find out about
Symmetry.
Use the print out you will
find and make your own balancing butterfly.
Take a walk outside to
find things that are symmetrical. Draw pictures of the symmetrical
things you found.
Make
a chart and post your
pictures on it.
Activity Six.
Make a chart about
butteflies.
Print out the
butterfly
life cycle pictures on
this page.
Carefully colour them and
cut them out.
Present the pictures in
the correct sequence on your chart.
Write some factual
captions for your pictures.
Activity Seven.
Butterfly Art -
Flying
High.
Click the Art and Craft
link and go to Lessons 10 to 18. Find "Flying High."
Print out the pages and
display. Follow the instructions.
Write a story about your
special butterfly.
Activity Eight.
Take
a Quiz about butterflies.
Click the link.
Choose which quiz you are
going to take and print it out.
Click the link to Zoom
butterflies to find the answers.
Send an Email to get the
answer key when you have finished your quiz.
Activity Nine.
Have some fun. Try your
luck at
Can
You Find the Butterfly?
Print out and do some
butterfly
maths.
Print out and complete the
Butterfly
Word search.
Activity Ten.
Take an online
Butterfly
Quiz.
Were you clever enough to
make the butterflies appear?
For
Teachers.
The
Monarch Butterfly.
Excellent teacher background
information.
Butterfly
Poems
Butterfly Art
Ideas.
Butterfly
and Caterpillar Kindercrafts. These are
activities from enchanted learning.
A
Think Quest Butterfly Project. Excellent
site for better readers.
What
Am I? Moth or Butterfly?
Unit plan.
Children's
Butterfly Site.
This site has life cycle print out
colouring pages and "Frequently Asked Questions"
Monica
the Monarch.
An excellent site written by a
college student. Photos and information. A fun site.
Billy
Bear's Butterfly Page.
Butterfly
Organiser.
Moth
Organiser.
Zoom
Butterflies
Now
You see It.
Monarch
Discovering
Butterflies.
Origami
Butterfly
Comparing
Butterflies.
ABC News For Kids - Butterflies A great animated site. (Requires Flash - a
Plug-In that allows more amimation.) More for older children or for
class discussion.
Creativity
and Butterflies.(Some fun
ideas here.)
Crawly
Caterpillars.
Butterflies. From ABC Teach.
Butterfly
and Caterpillar Poems.
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