This
resource page contains lists of articles in pdf format that appeared
in the Museum's magazine, The Living Museum. It also contains
lists of print and Web resources about butterflies and moths.
Living Museum
Articles:
Butterfly
or Moth?
The
Saddleback: A Case of Poisoning by a Caterpillar
The
Bagworm Problem
The
Painted Lady Butterfly Migration
Above: Pipevine swallowtail
butterfly
Copyright Mike Jeffords
Left:
Viceroy Butterfly
Copyright Mike Jeffords
Web and Print
Resources
The Butterfly
Collection at the Field Museum. https://www.fieldmuseum.org/butterfly/
An article called Mimicry:
a Tale of the Birds and the Butterflies. https://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/fancher/Mimicry.htm
Illinois Department
of Natural Resources list of endangered
and threatened species. https://dnr.state.il.us/espb/datelist.htm
Other Lesson
Plan links:
a Louisiana lesson for 3rd graders on butterflies; 5 days, The
Hungry Caterpillar, worksheets. https://www.challenge.state.la.us/edres/lessons/elementary/lesson18.htm
Butterfly
& Nature Gift Store has projects for sale. https://www.butterfly-gifts.com/sciencefairprojectideas.html
A 55 minute lesson
on butterflies with worksheets and links. https://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-5438.html
Virtual Museum
of Canada's Teacher section on Butterflies; take
a survey of your area https://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Butterflies/english/teach+games/index.html
A Montgomery
county lesson plan that has students creating a power
point presentation on the butterfly life cycle. https://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littlekids/archive/lesson_butterflylifecycle.htm
Detailed lesson
plan on butterflies with interdisciplinary extensions for 6-8 graders
by WBGY, Springfield, MA. Teacher Training Institute. https://www.wgby.org/edu/lessonplans/ntti/archive/butterfly.html
