Internet Lesson on Butterflies
"Fly With Me"
Academic Objectives:
With a parent partner, each student will discover and write the differences between butterflies and moths.
With a parent partner, each student will discover and write the stages of the Butterfly/Moth Life Cycle.
Technological Objectives:
Each parent/student partnership will gain an awareness of what the Internet is and how it can be used educationally.
Each parent/student partnership will perform procedures necessary to:
start up computer
open applications
enter URL’s
utilize tool bars
print
scroll
find "open page"
explore a virtual tour
Procedures:
See student copy of lesson
Fly With Me
A Lesson on Butterflies and Moths
URL http://www.amphi.com/~jtodd
Vocabulary:
Back Button Netscape Communicator
Click Print
Control Scroll
Enter Spacebar
File URL
Home Page
- Press the spacebar
- Click on OK
- Double Click on Netscape Communicator
- Press Control (Ctrl) and "O" at the same time to get to Open Page
- Type in Ms. Todd’s Home Page URL
http://www.amphi.com/~jtodd
- Press Enter
- Scroll down to Educational Sites Used in My Class
- Click on Children’s Butterfly Site *Be sure to check out Surprises along the way as you learn about butterflies and moths.
- Scroll
down to the green butterfly
- Click
on frequently asked questions
Answer these questions by clicking on them and reading the
information provided. Write your answers to the questions in
the spaces below.
A) What is the difference between butterflies and moths?
- Click
on Return to the top of the page
- Click
on The Life Cycle of the Butterfly and Moth
- Read the blue box V4 and click on it
B)What are the stages of the butterfly/Moth Life Cycle?
- Scroll down the page until you see Children’s Butterfly Site Home Page and click on it
- Click on the coloring page
- Choose one of the small black and white images that you would like to color. Click on the image and you will get larger image.
- Go to File and Print a copy to color
- Use the Back button - Click one time and Scroll down to Return to Children’s Butterfly Site Home Page.
- Choose another site on the home page to explore
- or (Press Control (Ctrl) and "O" at the same time to get to Open Page. Type one of these URL’s and have fun learning!!
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/garden/contents.html
http://www.pilkey.com


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