Buy Butterfly Bundle For a Big Bundle of Savings! You get four Butterfly Life Cycle resources that compliment each other to make your raising butterfly experience extraordinary!

1. Butterfly Life Cycle Science Notebook and Teacher’s Guide to Raising Butterflies

2. Caterpillar and Butterfly Diagrams with Clue Cards

3. Butterfly Life Cycle Vocabulary Cards

4. Painted Lady Butterfly Life Cycle Clip Art

The Butterfly Life Cycle Science Notebook and Teacher’s Guide:

Inspires scientific skills like evidence-based thinking and graphic communication with a printable student notebook. Dispels common misconceptions. Supports educators with detailed guide for raising butterflies from eggs. Builds knowledge of animal basic needs, habitats, life cycles, metamorphosis, and adaptations. Integrates science skills with reading and language arts standards.

*Please Note: This resource will compliment raising any type of butterfly including Painted Lady Butterflies, Swallowtails, and Monarchs. Ordering eggs and larva food is specific to Painted Lady Butterflies since they are currently permitted for mail delivery throughout the US. Please be aware that the USDA does not permit environmental release of Painted Lady Butterflies in Hawaii.

Included in The Butterfly Life Cycle Notebook and Teacher’s Guide

Printable Student Notebook that will make them think! (10 composition notebook-sized pages and 10 full-page for larger writing) (Black and white)

Complete Educator’s Guide: 13 pages with Step-by-step Instructions, 8 Lesson and Discussion Guides, and Tips for Success (Color and a Print-friendly Black and White Version included)

Sample Student Notebook (Answer Key)

An unforgettable scientific inquiry experience that will motivate and engage your students

Materials Needed:

1 Vial of Painted Lady Butterfly Eggs (https://tinyurl.com/paintedladyeggs)

Painted Lady Culture https://tinyurl.com/larvafood (Store in refrigerator.)

2 60-80 oz Plastic Containers with Sealing Lids

Pushpins

Paper Towel

Coffee Filters (1 per student)

Small Paintbrush

8-10 oz. Clear Cups with Lids (1 per student)

Permanent Marker

Pencils

Colored Pencils or Crayons

Spoon or Measuring teaspoon

Q-tips

Tape

Butterfly Tent - Purchased or Handmade- Ideas Included!

Cardboard Box or Two (Needs to fit in tent to hang chrysalises)

Plastic Tarp or Newspaper

Flowering Plants

Fresh Fruit (Oranges, apples, watermelon, etc.)

Handheld Magnifiers

Small Paper Bags

Optional: Microscope or Computer with Projector

Caterpillar and Butterfly Diagrams:

Printable, cut & paste diagrams will help students get a closer view, improve observation skills, and identify important structures. Clue cards foster independent or cooperative student learning by providing hints to help identify structures correctly. A Painted Lady Butterfly and Caterpillar are featured to match the most common butterfly species raised in classrooms. These diagrams may be used whole group, small group, or independently.

Included in the 11-page Caterpillar and Butterfly Diagrams:

Caterpillar Diagram (No-Prep Printable)

Caterpillar Listed Clue Card (Foldable Tent or Cut Apart Option- All clues on the same sheet)

Caterpillar Separate Clue Cards (Great for a small group or center!)

Butterfly Diagram (No-Prep Printable)

Butterfly Listed Clue Card (Foldable Tent or Cut Apart Option- All clues on the same sheet)

Butterfly Separate Clue Cards (Great for a small group or center!)

Butterfly Life Cycle Vocabulary Cards:

These Butterfly Vocabulary Cards will make the perfect compliment to studying the butterfly life cycle. These cards will help introduce, clarify, and review key terms. Each features colorful pictures to illustrate the terms and concepts listed below. Many plural forms are also included to assist reading and writing activities.

22 Vocabulary Cards Included (11 pages):

Egg / Eggs

Larva / Larvae

Caterpillar / Caterpillars

Pupa / Pupae

Chrysalis / Chrysalides

Butterfly / Butterflies

Adult / Adults

Habitat / Painted Lady Butterfly

Molt / Exoskeleton

Life Cycle (with metamorphosis) / Life Cycle (not metamorphosis)

Metamorphosis / Not Metamorphosis

Butterfly Life Cycle Clip Art: Painted Lady Butterfly:

The perfect compliment to your science resources! Each stage from egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, to butterfly are carefully designed to show scientific accuracy and beauty. Enhance your newsletters, classr website, student digital creations, and more! For personal and commercial use. *See Clip Art Terms of Use Below.

This set includes 24 high resolution (300 dpi) png clip art images. (12 color & 12 black and white):

Painted Lady Egg

Painted Lady Caterpillar (Larva)

Painted Lady Chrysalis (Pupa)

Painted Lady Butterfly (Adult) Wings Closed

Painted Lady Butterfly (Adult) Wings Open

Tree Branch

Leaf

Eggs on a Leaf

Thistle Flower

Blue Arrow

Orange Arrow

Butterfly Life Cycle

Diagramming Detailed Painted Lady Adult Butterfly (Black and White Only)

Clip Art Terms of Use:

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Digital files must be secured. Clip art should not be easy to copy, extract, share, or download.

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