Web Sites of Interest
Here are some great websites to help you out during your study of Magnets and Motors. Be sure to explore the sites identified as student-friendly before you send your students there.
Student Friendly Sites
Site Name: Painted Lady, Vanessa Cardui
Site Address: http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/painted_lady.htm
Photographs of adult butterflies with descriptions of behavior. Links to brief videos of caterpillar eating, hatching and the butterfly laying eggs.
Site Name: All About Painted Lady Butterflies
Site Address:
http://www.earthsbirthday.org/butterflies/bflys/activitykit/2.html
Kid-friendly site, which discusses the butterfly's habitat, predators, and life cycle with pictures.
Site Name: Butterfly Life Cycle: First Grade WebQuest
Site Address: http://www.dedham.k12.ma.us/webquest/spring2002/lw/butterfly_webquest.htm
A WebQuest for students providing links to butterfly information, activities, a rubric, and bibliography.
Site Name: The Painted Lady
Site Address: http://wps.wiscassetps.wiscasset.k12.me.us/3t/butterflies/cycle.htm
An account of a class and their experience raising and studying painted lady caterpillars and butterflies.
Teacher Friendly Sites
Site Name: Life Cycle of Butterfly Printable Book
Site Address: http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/butterfly/books/butterflylifecycle/
A downloadable black line master of the butterfly's life cycle. Site membership is required to download.
Site Name: Online and Printable Activities
Site Address: http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/butterfly/activities.htm
Site links the user to a variety of printable butterfly activities.
Site Name: STC for Children: The Life Cycle of Butterflies
Site Address: http://www.carolina.com/STC/units/butterflies.asp
A useful site for teacher use. It is a place to download the Life Cycle of Butterflies Glossary. There is a brief video link introducing the unit and ordering information.