Course: The Monarch Butterfly

Topic outline

General
- Welcome to "The Monarch Butterfly" science unit.
  
  If you are in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade, this unit is for you!
  
  Click on items below to discover and learn about
  insects, butterflies, habitats, life cycles, the tagging process,
  migration, and butterfly gardens.
- Download a copy of this course. File 9.6MB Moodle backup
Topic 1
Monarch Butterfly Lessons

Click on Each Lesson Below

Complete Each Lesson Assignment
Before Moving On To Next Lesson
- Content Learner Outcomes Page
- MN State Science Standards URL
- ISTE's Educational Technolgy Standards File
- Beautiful Butterfly Video Page
- Learn About Insects Assignment
- Monarch Butterfly Vocabulary Page
- A Butterfly Powerpoint URL
- Moth or Butterfly? File
- Questions About Monarch Butterflies Assignment
- Put Together the Butterfly URL
- Monarch Butterfly Video Page
- Hatching of A Monarch Butterfly Video URL
- Learn About Life Cycles File
- Read The Life Cycle Booklet Assignment
- Monarch Butterfly Magic Assignment
- Learn About Habitats File
- Learn About Wintering the Monarch Butterfly Video Page
- Learn About Tracking the Migration of the Monarch Butterfly URL
Topic 2

Butterfly Garden

Welcome to our gardens!

Click on Below To Visit Gardens
Topic 3

Butterfly Resources

Booklets and slideshows to read, watch, and enjoy!

Click on Below
Topic 4

"Paper Wings"
Discover the Life Cycle of a Butterfly Through This Story

Click below to read this story and complete
the reading activities.
- Read "Paper Wings" URL
Topic 5

Butterfly Literature

Reading about butterflies for the fun of it!

Click on Below to Read
- Butterfly Poetry and Riddles URL
- Butterfly Quotations URL
Topic 6
Games to Play

Learn all about butterflies as you play on-line games!
Who knew learning could be so much fun?

Click On The Games Below To Play
- Butterfly Jeopardy! URL
- Explore Butterflies! URL
- From Caterpillar to Butterfly Jeopardy URL
- Help the Butterfly Find the Milkweed URL
- Monarch Butterfly Jigsaw Puzzle URL
- Virtual Butterfly Garden Game URL
Topic 7

Assessment

Show the 4 stages of the butterfly life cycle.

Click Below to Take the LIfe Cycle Assessment
- Life Cycle Assessment Assignment
Topic 8

Hilltop Garden Club

Come see what we do after school in our gardens and Nature Center.

Click below to add photos, videos, and thoughts
about what is happening in our gardens.
- Visit our Garden Blog URL

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