Helping children preserve and protect the gifts of family, nature, and literacy

Organizations & Links

 

• Asheville.com
  asheville.com/news
  Monarch butterfly migration is fueled with milkweed; plant milkweed seeds to aid migration.



• Atlanta Botanical Garden
  atlantabotanicalgarden.org
  The Garden features 15 acres of outdoor display gardens, the Upper Woodland showcasing five acres of shade-loving ornamentals from around the world and the 10-acre Storza Woods with natural undergrowth and walking trails.



• Butterflies of North America
  www.butterfliesandmoths.org
  Includes distribution maps to track butterfly migrations!



• Blue Moon Puppets
  bluemoonpuppets.com/butterfly.html
  Includes a butterfly ballad.



• Butterflies vs. Moths
  www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/exhibit_sites
  Learn the differences between butterflies and moths, such as .. Butterflies have knobbed antennae; those of moths range from straight filaments to feathery or branched.



• Callaway Gardens
  www.callawaygardens.com
  Callaway® 14,000-acre gardens, resort and preserve nestled in the southernmost foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, in Pine Mountain, Georgia.  Be sure to check out their butterfly gift center!



• CCBC - A library of the School of Education
  www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
  The CCBC helps librarians, teachers, child care providers and others navigate the abundance of choices to locate the best books possible to meet their needs.



• Clemson Migration Game
  entweb.clemson.edu/buttrfly/Educatn/mongame.pdf
  If you get tagged by a predator or don't find enough food to eat, you die. Those are the rules in the "Migration Game," a teaching program that follows the life of the monarch butterfly. The Migration Game is part of the South Carolina Butterfly Project coordinated by Clemson University entomology professor Joseph D. Culin..



• Clemson University Butterfly House
  www.clemson.edu/psamedia/2005/butterflyhouse.htm
  The Butterfly House is a butterfly garden enclosed in a 30' x 30' screen house structure. The Butterfly House contains plants that provide either nectar for adult butterflies or food for their caterpillars. It has been designed specifically to include host plants for many common butterfly species. In addition, there is a waterfall, stream, and pond containing a variety of aquatic plants.



• DLTK Kids
  www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/
  miscellaneous/fingerprint_butterflies.htm
  Instructions to make fingerprint butterflies



• DLTK Kids
  www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/mardigras/
  mmasks.htm
  Instructions to make a butterfly Mardi Gras mask



• Enchanted Learning
  www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly
  Comprehensive information, colorful diagrams, an illustrated butterfly glossary, and lots of monarch butterfly craft activities for children: mobiles, puppets, cards, and a coloring book



• Flight Tactics and Navigation
  http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3gibo/index.htm
  Field studies on flight tactics and navigation of migratory butterflies in North America. Participation in the Tactics and Vectors research program is open to all individuals interested in helping to solve some of the mysteries of butterfly migration.



• Gander Academy
  http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/butterflies.htm
  Web resource for P and E students and teachers. It presents a listing of butterfly resources on the world wide web.



• Hands on learning in the classroom: Monarchs in the Classroom
  www.monarchlab.umn.edu



• Hilton Pond Center
  www.hiltonpond.org
  The mission of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History is to conserve animals, plants, habitats, and other natural components of the Piedmont Region of the eastern United States through observation, scientific study, and education for students of all ages.
  
  
• Insect Zoo
  http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/ExternalUrls/butterfly.html
  A directory of monarch butterfly informational websites for the Natural Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution) Curriculum Module by Mississippi State University.
  
  
• Inspecta Inspecta World
  insecta-inspecta.com/butterflies/monarch
  Information about monarchs and other insects



• Journey North
  www.learner.org/jnorth
  Follow the migration via the internet in your classroom. This website has basic information about monarchs and frequently asked questions (and answers) about them.  It features daily updates about monarchs as they migrate North and South and provides activities that engage students in the migration.



• Kidzone
  www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm
  In addition to basic information, you’ll find beautiful pictures of milkweed and all stages of the monarch’s life cycle. Kids will enjoy the online puzzles and coloring pages.
  
  
• Lepidopterists™ Society
  www.lepsoc.org
  The primary organization for the study of butterflies and moths.



• Live Monarch
  www.livemonarch.com
  Receive free milkweed seeds!



• Michocan Reforestation
  www.michoacanmonarchs.org
  Incorporated in 1998, the Michoacan Reforestation Fund (MRF) is a non-profit organization whose goal is to support forest ecosystem and habitat restoration programs in and around the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in central Mexico.  Be sure to check out the fall migration route!
  
  
• Milkweed Farm
  www.milkweedfarm.com
  Full online catalog of milkweed seeds



• Milkweed Patch
  www.milkweedpatch.com
  Take a walk through a milkweed patch via slideshow.  Educational information about monarch butterfly lifecycle.



• Monarch Butterfly Facts
  www.mbsf.org/facts.html
  Read a set of excellent monarch butterfly facts on the website of the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation.


www.learner.org/jnorth/search/MonarchNotes3.html
This is another set of excellent monarch butterfly facts in a question and answer format.


• Monarch Butterflies:  From Egg to Adult
  www.mesquiteisd.org/imovie/monarchbutterfly.htm
  Watch an amazing video of the metamorphosis of a monarch butterfly – from egg to adult!  A child narrates and tells how she collected the eggs, reared the caterpillar, observed the caterpillar form its chrysalis, and then emerge as an adult.



• Monarch Butterfly Migration
  www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/Resources.html
  Lesson plans, activities, and information.  Journey North to learn about monarch butterfly migration and general biology, complete with lesson plans and science standards.



• Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation
  www.mbsf.org
  Provides financial and scientific support to preserve the natural balance and diversity of the oyamel fir forests that are the over-wintering grounds of eastern North American monarch butterflies.
  
  
• Monarch Butterfly USA
  www.monarchbutterflyusa.com
  This site is chock full of fabulous pictures and information about the Monarch Butterfly. It is a wonderful complement to the award-winning children's book Monarch Magic! from Williamson Publishing Co., dedicated to preserving the habitat of the magnificent monarch butterfly.
  
  
• Monarch Magic Company
  www.monarchmagic.com
  Purchase a monarch lifecycle kit, a three-week experience that captures the interest of all! See the life cycle of the monarch butterfly on its natural host plant.
  
  
• Monarch Monitoring Project
  www.concord.org/~dick/mon.html
  Sponsors tagging of monarchs and publishes their long-distance recoveries.
  
  
• Monarch Watch
  monarchwatch.org
  Great information, tracks migrating monarchs and provides information and tagging materials, etc. The University of Kansas Entomology Program maintains this Website. It tells everything you need to know about monarchs: their life cycle, predators, food, and migratory patterns.  It includes information about raising monarchs, butterfly gardening, research projects, classroom curricula, and other resources.
  
  
• Monarchs Across Georgia
  http://www.monarchsacrossga.org
  A collaboration of the Environmental Education Alliance, teachers, students, families, communities, businesses and others, all working together to study Monarch butterflies and restore butterfly habitat across the state.
  
  
• Off the Beaten Path
  www.exploreasheville.com
  Asheville, North Carolina's official tourism website.  From mid-September through early October, Monarch butterflies migrate through the Great Smoky Mountains ...



• Nature Conservancy
  www.nature.org
  A website dedicated to preserving the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
  
  
• Roper Mountain Science Center
  www.ropermountain.org
  Vastly improved web site.  Section "Especially for Teachers" with the entire Directory of Center lessons and the short version lesson plan for each.  A "Special Programs" section which lists current and upcoming Second Saturdays and Starry Friday Nights.  And an "RMSC Guide" that provides an interactive map of RMSC so you can click on an area and see full details about it.  We invite you to explore and enjoy your Center on the internet and in person!
  
  
South Carolina Botanical Garden
http://www.clemson.edu/scbg/
This 295-acre garden of nature trails, pathways, ponds, niche gardens, and award winning collections is sure to inspire you whether your visit is for an hour or an entire day. Streams, woodlands, well manicured gardens, trial gardens, a geology museum, and a warm visitor center awaits you in starting your journey in nature discovery.


•  Save the Monarch
  http://www.drake.edu/monarch/
  Weekly updates on the migration of monarchs over Iowa
  
  
• Texas Parks and Wildlife
  http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/research/monmig.htm
  Monarch migration maps and information.



• The Xerces Society
  www.xerces.org
  International organization for invertebrate conservation. The Monarch Project is active according to the needs of the monarchs and their habitats.
  
  
• WildWNC
  wildwnc.org
  Monarch butterfly tagging program.  The WildWNC invites you to explore the mystery of the monarch butterfly's migration while participating in a research effort to track their movements.