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| Migrating Animals |
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About the Site
Monarch migration has been the focus of study for teachers and students across the country. This clickable map transports children into classrooms where they can learn more about monarchs. The site also features a slide presentation about a monarch sanctuary in Mexico, activities, and student work. The participating classrooms worked in conjunction with The Science Museum of Minnesota and The Science Learning Network.
What to Do
Explain to children that classrooms around the country study migrating butterflies. From the Ross School site, help children scroll down and click to reach the monarch sanctuaries. Show children Mexico on a map. Read aloud and guide children through the first 10 pages of the tour. You may want to return to the Ross School site and click making paper butterflies for a craft project.
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About the Site
Monarch Watch, a Web site sponsored by the University of Kansas Department of Entomology and the University of Minnesota Department of Ecology, is dedicated to "education, conservation, and research." The site offers opportunities for the class to become involved with several ongoing projects that rely on student–scientist partnerships. This page features an easy-to-read migration map of the routes that monarchs take during the fall.
What to Do
Discuss with children the reason that animals, birds, and insects migrate. Explain to them that monarch butterflies migrate each year. As they view the map, explain the arrows. Help children locate their state and answer the questions above.
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| Life Cycles of Caterpillars and Butterflies |
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About the Site
EnchantedLearning.com provides materials intended to make learning enjoyable for young students.
Lesson Objectives
Suggested Additional Activities
Have students make the "Butterfly Life Cycle Mobile" shown on the Enchanted Learning webpage. If possible, take a field trip to a butterfly farm.
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About the Site
This Web site documents the emergence of a monarch butterfly from its chrysalis. Children can view these clear close-up photographs as you read and explain the process to them. Click Home for more information about monarchs from The Florida Monarch Butterfly Web site.
What to Do
Guide children to scroll down and make observations about the photographs. Read or paraphrase the text that accompanies each picture.
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About the Site
This page from Alien Empire, sponsored by PBS Online, is an interactive lesson about the bee's anatomy. Click any part of the bee to see a definition below the diagram. Use the buttons on the left of the screen to turn off the music and to turn on labels. This site includes many other insect resources, including games, puzzles, and video clips. Many of the activities require a video plug-in, however, this anatomy lesson does not.
What to Do
Help children navigate the site if necessary. Read the information aloud, paraphrasing when necessary. You may want to have children make an insect mask. To do so, click Alien Empire at the top of the page. Then scroll down and click Insect Mask Activity.
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About the Site
The University of Illinois Extension-Urban Programs Resource Network contains a wide variety of online activities. It aims to teach students directly, and help parents and teachers educate students.
Lesson Objectives
Students will use the Internet to learn about insects. Students will watch a presentation of insect facts. Students will draw a picture of their favorite insect.
Suggested Additional Activities
Have students label the parts of the insect they drew, such as the thorax, abdomen, and head. Take the class on an insect hunt. Take a walk outside the school or in the school’s area. Hunt for insects using magnifying glasses if possible. When a bug is found, discuss what makes it an insect. Have the class identify the parts of the different insects.
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