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Milkweed plant - Asclepias syriaca, Asclepias tuberosa, Asclepias incarnata

Emerging milkweed plants

Flowers

Sap

Root

Pod

Seeds

Uses

Milkweed Symmetry

Watering Milkweed - Spreadsheet integration activity

Measuring - Caterpillars and Milkweed leaves activity

Chart the classification of the Common Milkweed (Adv)

White milkweed | Butterfly Weed

School Habitat Garden | Home garden

Residents:

Milkweed Tiger Moth & caterpillar

Harvestmen

Slug

Spider Web

Aphids

Milkweed Bug

Ladybugs (Lady beetles)

Pillbug

Wasp family resident

Wheel Bug | Caterpillar Predator

Carpenter Bee

Monarch Butterfly & Caterpillars

Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly

ID Me! - identifying Monarchs activity

Eggsactly!

Monarch Caterpillars

Frass

Monarch Caterpillars legs

Tentacles

Picky eaters

J Hook shape

Measuring Caterpillars and Milkweed leaves activity

Mid Fall Larva Mystery Challenge

Draw a Monarch Butterfly - Scientific Illustration

Home garden

Host Plants Information

Resources about Monarch Butterflies and Milkweed Plants

Fields, Meadows & Fencerows Study Unit - Insects - Butterflies

Science Activities & Investigations to hone your Citizen Scientist skills:

Caterpillars: Comparing exercise | Contrasting exercise (beg/Int)

Compare or Contrast Butterflies (beg/Int)

Monarch Word Search pdf (Beg/Int)

Milkweed True - False Quiz (Beg/Int)

Monarch multi-guess Quiz (Beg/Int)

Butterfly Math (Int/Adv)

Collecting Data (Int/Adv) | Variables (Adv)

Observation Skills Builders: Larvae | Cozy (Beg/Int/Adv)

Window Investigation Mystery

Science Journal entry - pdf version (Int/Adv)

Milkweed Puzzle print to do

Prediction Challenge (Beg/Int)

Calculating surface area of milkweed leaf

Milkweed coloring | Color a Butterfly (Beg)

Add a stanza to Over in the Meadow (Beg)

Chart Milkweed growth (Beg/Int)

Make a Compare/Contrast Diagram using a computer how to

Mystery Butterfly Challenge (Int/Adv)

Mystery Caterpillar Challenge

Mystery Caterpillar Challenge & IPM (Int/Adv)

Observe - Predict a fun activity

Chart the classification of the Monarch Butterfly. (Adv)

Make a crossword puzzle about Milkweeds and Monarchs

Frayer Science Vocabulary Activites:

Insect - doc. | pdf.

Insect Metamorphosis - doc. | pdf.

Butterflies - doc. | pdf.

Moths - doc. | pdf.

Invertebrates - Frayer Model doc. | pdf.

More Science Activities:

Butterfly & Moth Internet Hunt (Int/adv)

Investigating Interesting Insects activity (Int/Adv)

Make an Organisms Database - How to using AW (Int/Adv)

Scientific Process (Int/Adv)

Native Plants Garden at School project (Adv)

Plant Parts Facts Activity

Using the Scientific Method activity

Science Observation Skill Builders

How to Read a Cladogram off site

Too cold to fly booklet off site | Temp and Migration in our town offsite

Do You Know a Monarch When You See One? - off site

Black Swallowtail Caterpillar

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Our property is a Monarch Waystation and a Backyard Wildlife Habitat

Monarch Butterflies are now listed as an endangered species. They are endangered, in part, due to a loss of habitat and milkweed plants. Take a look at your school yard, a local park and your home yard. Where could you plant native milkweed, asters and goldenrod to aid the monarchs in surviving?