Search Results


Showing results 1 to 8 of 8

Source Institutions
Add to list Details
This activity is a fun way to show two stages in a Monarch butterfly's life cycle. Learners will create an optical illusion that can be flipped from caterpillar to butterfly.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners investigate balance and symmetry by designing a symmetrical butterfly, using a paper cutout.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
Add to list Details
Ivy Rutzky, a scientific assistant at the American Museum of Natural History, introduces an activity where learners create a scientific illustration of a monarch butterfly.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this two-part activity about the connection between the lupine plant and butterflies, learners first read "Miss Rumphius," a storybook about lupine by Barbara Cooney.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners investigate how some butterfly wings get their color.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners explore how nanosized structures can create brilliant color.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
Source Institutions
Add to list Details
In this craft-based activity, learners make DNA sequence bracelets that carry the code of an organism such as a human, trout, chimpanzee or butterfly.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
Add to list Details
In this activity, learners use information gathered from a variety of sources to design and make their own insect.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes