Amazing World of Butterflies!

A Content Pathfinder for Second Grade

NAME: Betsey Lee

SCHOOL: Brentmoor Elementary School – Mentor Schools

WORKSHOP LOCATION: Kent State ILILE Workshop – 3/9/04

COMPANION ACTION PLAN: Amazing World of Butterflies Action Plan

GRADE LEVEL: Second Grade

CURRICULUM/SUBJECT AREA: Science – Life Cycles; Library– Reference Skills; English Lang. Arts– Research

SPECIFIC TOPIC: The exploration of the life cycle of a Painted Lady Butterfly

SUMMARY: Students will be able to explain the life cycle of a butterfly; including the needs of the organism at each stage (air, water, food, shelter) and the transformation that occurs in specific stages. Integrated into the butterfly study will be instruction using basic search techniques for locating information using the building online library catalog, online reference sources as well as applicable computer software.

CHECK OUT these items at the Brentmoor Library!

595.78 WAL Wallace, Karen. Born to be a butterfly. New York: Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2000.

595.78 STI Still, John. Amazing butterflies & moths. New York: A.A. Knopf : Dist. by Random House, 1991.

595.78 HAR Hariton, Anca. Butterfly story. New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1995.

595.78 FRO Frost, Helen. Caterpillars. Mankato, MN: Pebble Books, 1999.

595.78 FRO Frost, Helen. Butterfly eggs. Mankato, MN: Pebble Books, 1999.

595.78 FRO Frost, Helen. Butterfly colors. Mankato, MN: Pebble Books, 1999.

595.78 HEI Heiligman, Deborah. From caterpillar to butterfly. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.

595.78 SAN Sandved, Kjell B. The butterfly alphabet. New York: Scholastic, 1996.

595.78 OVE Overbeck, Cynthia. The butterfly book. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 1978.

595.78 SCH Schaffer, Donna. Painted lady butterflies. Mankato, MN: Bridgestone Books, 1999.

595.78 RYD Ryder, Joanne. Where butterflies grow. New York: Lodestar Books, 1989

595.78 EHL Ehlert, Lois. Waiting for wings. San Diego: Harcourt, 2001.

E BUN Bunting, Eve. The butterfly house. New York: Scholastic Press, 1998.

E EDW Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Clara caterpillar. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

EPBK SHA Shahan, Sherry. The little butterfly. New York: Random House, 1998.

PER ZOO Butterflies. Zoobook Magazine. Vol. 17, Number 4, January 2000.

VHS 595.78 MAG The magic school bus: butterflies. Scholastic: distributed by Kid Vision, 1997.

VHS 595.78 SWA The Swallowtail butterfly; the silkworm; the mosquito. Anaheim, CA: Diamond Ent., 1996.

VHS 595.78 BUT Butterfly world: jewels of the sky. DAVAL Productions

CD-ROM 595.78 BUT Butterflies. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1992

Library Catalogs

Brentmoor Elementary Catalog http://web2.lnoca.org

*must get log in and password from school librarian

Mentor Public Library Catalog http://www.mentorpl.org

INFOhio Electronic Resources http://www.infohio.org - Use the Resources for Grades K-6

*must get log in and password from school librarian

Encylcopedia Brittanica*, Elementary Encyclopedia.

Make sure to watch video clip Butterfly: Metamorphis in the Video & Media Section

Searchasaurus

Look at these articles for some more information and photos from children’s magazines:

Presto Change-O! A Butterfly Appears. Highlights for Children, Apr2004, Vol. 59 Issue 4, p8, 2p

Bug Scientist, Click, Mar2004, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p14, 4p

Look at Four Kinds of Butterflies. Weekly Reader - Edition K, May/June2004, p5

Web Sites

ZOOM Butterflies – http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/

This site has a wonderful “Butterfly Dictionary” that provides easy to read diagrams, descriptions and photos; as well as great student resources that may be printed.

Butterflies of North America- http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm

Click on a state to find pictures and descriptions of butterflies found in each state.

Yukon Butterflies - http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/jackhulland/projects/butterflies/

A neat school site, it has video clips showing the stages and daily journaling; fun online a activities, too!

The Butterfly Site - http://www.thebutterflysite.com/

EVERYTHING butterfly!

Billy Bear's Butterflies and Bugs - http://www.billybear4kids.com/butterfly/flutter-fun.html

Butterfly Craft Activity – http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/index.html

Children’s Butterfly Site - http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/bfly_start.asp

Realia

Order Painted Lady Butterfly Larvae and raise your own! - http://www.thebutterflysite.com/rearing.shtml

Painted Lady Life Cycle models - http://sciencekit.com/category.asp?c=432610&sid=marketleap&eid=marketleap4993