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Tag: Butterflies

Ep. 80: What Butterflies Eat: Interactive Activities for 2nd and 5th Graders
Podcast
Science
What Butterflies Eat: Interactive Activities for 2nd and 5th Graders [Ep. 80]

What butterflies eat It’s summer and butterflies are in the air! Even though you likely don’t have learners with you for a bit, I’ve got some interactive activities to share with you today to investigate what butterflies eat and how that relates to pollination and food chains. In this episode, we’ll talk about activities to explore what butterflies eat that are paired with Next Generation Science Standards for grades 2nd and 5th. I’ll share the standard that inspired the activity, how the activity relates to what butterflies eat, and descriptions of how to use the activity with your […]

Read this list to find books about how butterflies grow to read to your students
ELA
Picture Books
How Butterflies Grow: 8 Picture Books About Butterfly Life Cycles

Butterflies are a hot topic for students and teaching about how butterflies grow can be a great way to tie their interests into the standards. If your district uses the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), 3rd graders are supposed to “develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have […]

Read this interview to learn about the conservation implications for using a raising butterflies kit in your elementary classroom
Science
A Raising Butterflies Kit for the Classroom: A Conservation Conversation

If you’ve thought about adding a raising butterflies kit to your list of activities this year, you’ll want to read this article first! While these kits have great reviews and many teachers praise their benefits in the classroom, there’s a bigger picture to consider. I had the opportunity to interview Jenn Kirts and Michelle Fournier […]

Read about which butterfly looks like a monarch and 4 other butterfly survival techniques
Science
What Butterfly Looks Like a Monarch and 4 Other Butterfly Survival Strategies

This article was written for students to research survival strategies butterflies use for the Naturally Teaching Butterfly Life Cycle and Heredity Mini Unit but is a great read for anyone looking to learn more about the ways butterflies use their looks to survive. For Teachers What butterfly looks like a monarch? Which butterfly looks like […]