Gr. 1 Science Internet Resources:

Resources last updated on 6\26\03

Rocks, Soil, Sand 

See Gr.4/Science/Geology for possible links.

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Animals: Butterflies/Crickets/Tadpoles

Butterflies

American Field Guide Animals
http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/topics/animals/index.html
What's so special about the Giant Water Bug? How are people working to protect the Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle? In this section, you'll learn some fascinating facts about Animals and meet some strange and wonderful creatures. Check out the featured video clips for a peek at some of our most intriguing segments on Animals; or dig deeper into the collection by browsing the subtopic categories.

The Butterfly Farmer
http://www.butterflyfarm.co.cr/ed/index.htm

Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms
http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/uli.htm

Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms for Early Lessons in Life 
http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/uli.htm
This site, created by the Center for Insect Science Education Outreach  at the University of Arizona, is online curriculum and resources developed to support K-3 teachers interested in moving from a traditional textbook-driven curriculum to a more integrated, hands on, inquiry approach. This site contains  twenty integrated lessons with science and math activities that use live insects. Lessons are available in Spanish and are aligned with National Science Education Standards(NSES).

Children’s Butterfly Site 
http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/bfly_start.asp
This site is an good companion site for a unit on butterflies.  It contains a photo gallery of butterflies from around the world and coloring pages describing the life cycle of butterflies in several languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch). This site also contains instructions for raising caterpillars.

The Butterfly Farm  
http://www.butterflyfarm.co.cr/ed/index.htm
This site, selected by the SciLinks Program sponsored by the National Science Teachers Association, is a wonderful resource for learning about butterflies. It contains a photo gallery and a student resource guide containing units such as  butterfly physiology, pupa stage and the difference between moths and butterflies. The site can be used in English or in Spanish.

Interactive Caterpillar
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/games.htm
Go to the link at the bottom of the page.

March of the Monarchs 
http://glef.org/journeynorth.html
The second-grade students in Frances Koontz's class at Rockledge Elementary School in Bowie, Maryland, are tracing the migration of butterflies with over 6,000 other schools as part of the Journey North project. They calculate the time from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. They measure growth of tulips and milkweed, on which monarch larvae feed, and take daily temperature readings in their garden. They make charts and graphs of their results, write in detail about their findings, and connect with scientists who take questions about the different migrations.

Butterfly Cam
http://www.dcboces.org/sufsd/nassau/vitek/butterfly/index.html

Scholastic, Endangered Ecosystems
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/
Join research teams in Costa Rica and Mexico to learn about tropical forest ecosystems, the important roles of large and small animals within an ecosystem, and the threats to their survival. Includes the role of the butterfly in the food chain.

Monarch Watch: Spring Migration
http://www.monarchwatch.org/tagmig/spring.htm

Bugbios
http://bugbios.com

Butterflies North and South
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Butterflies/index.html

Butterflies: On the Wings of Freedom
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002251/cgi-bin/default.cgi?language=english&outputmode=0&navmenu=1&javascript=1&mode=file&path=default.src

Alien Empire
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/alienempire/
Find out about the real-life aliens all around us: bumblebees, May flies, termites, Monarch butterflies, and other fascinating creatures. Explore the anatomies of these intricate organisms, learn how moths and bumblebees can fly, and play Insect Scramble to put insects back together.

Butterflies: On the Wings of Freedom
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002251/index.shtml?tqskip=1
Journey to the kingdom of butterflies with another excellent ThinkQuest site. From basic facts to detailed photos, this guide provides amateur collectors and observers with lots of information. Click on Butterflies and Humans for a section on how to attract butterflies to your garden. The Astounding World of Butterflies tells about their amazing behavior.

The Butterfly Conservatory
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/butterflies/
Site of the garden at the Bronx Zoo. Has links to movies and the butterfly web cam.

Butterflies and Moths
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/lepidoptera/
There are great photographs of lots of different kinds of butterflies and moths.

Index of the Order Lepidoptera
http://bugbios.com/entophiles/lepidoptera/index.html
This page displays the twenty six butterfly records currently available within the Entophiles database. 

Butterflies on line
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/jackhulland/projects/butterflies/index.html
Watch an on-line metamorphosis and learn about the life-cycle of the Painted Lady Butterfly as it transforms from larva to caterpillar to adult butterfly . Developed by grade three students in Whitehorse, Yukon complete with butterfly activities, butterfly lessons, and butterfly artwork and original teacher resources and lessons.

The Butterfly WebSite
http://mgfx.com/butterfly/
Here you can tour our photo gallery, learn how to plant a butterfly garden, take a field trip, find a pen-pal, chat with other butterfly-lovers and so much more. 

The Journey North
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
This annual Internet-based adventure engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. 

Common Butterflies of North America
http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/north_america/north_america.html
Beautiful colour photos of every kind of butterfly.

Club Caterpillar for Kids
http://www.milkweedcafe.com/ClubCathome.htm
You can find all sorts of fun stuff on these pages - and you'll learn about fluttering butterflies and squirmy caterpillars while you play. The buttons below will take you to different puzzles, games, and activities.

Butterfiles & Bugs
http://www.billybear4kids.com/butterfly/flutter-fun.html
Games and stuff. 

Butterfiles of North America
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm
Click on a state of the US and link to images and facts of the butterfiles found there.

 

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Frogs/Tadpoles
Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms
http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/uli.htm

FrogLand!
http://allaboutfrogs.org/froglnd.shtml

Frogs
http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/index.html

Froguts.com
http://www.froguts.com
"A free online dissection based lesson, available to teachers and students; a learning resource for those who may not have the means for a lab; an ecological tool to help limit over-use of frogs in dissection."

The Whole Frog Project
http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/Whole.Frog/Whole.Frog.html
Virtual frog dissection online.

Know Your Frogs
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/frogident.htm
Use the information on these pages to help you identify Wisconsin's frogs by their markings and their call.

The Ultimate Frog Site: Picture Gallery
http://lindsayloo.homestead.com/picturegallery.html
All of the frog pictures you will ever need.

Frog Games
http://www.big.or.jp/~frog/index/map/future.html
and
http://www.alles.or.jp/~mameo/kaeru/Ura.html
Nothing scientific here but fun anyway.

Cool Frog Photos
http://allaboutfrogs.org/gallery/photos/index.htmlyou

Frogs of New England
http://library.thinkquest.org/11034/
Learn all about the eleven species of frogs in the New England area. 

Interactive Frog Dissection
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/frog/
The Interactive Frog Dissection uses photographs and videos to teach this common biology topic.

Frogs, by the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/index.html
The site is packed with background information, frog tales, a frog tracker that allows you to listen to the "ribbits" of a multitude of frogs, etc. 

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Crickets

Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms
http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/uli.htm

Bugbios
http://bugbios.com

Grasshoppers, Katydits & Crickets
http://bugbios.com/entophiles/orthoptera/index.html
Select one of the thumbnail photographs of grasshoppers, katydits & crickets below to access the descriptive record for this insect. 

 

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