MITC Home

Insect Fair Teacher Resources Newsletters Background Monarch Quiz Current Year Info Login Register Past Abstracts Past Participating Schools Past Sample Projects Past Fair Pictures The Battle of the Sexes Do You Hear What I Hear? The Effect of Temperature on a Developing Chrysalis A Monarch's Memory Monarch's Taste Caterpillars Pupating and Emerging in Heat and Cold Does Temperature Affect Pupae? How Does Climate Affect the Emerging Rate of a Pupae? How Does Temperature Affect the Butterfly After Emerging? How Does the Moisture Level of Milkweed Affect the Growth of Caterpillars? Are the Females' Wings Larger than the Males' Wings? Are There More Male Monarchs or Female Monarchs? Are There More Male or Female Monarchs? Do Monarchs Eat Any Other Food than Milkweed? How Many Male and Female Butterflies Came Out of Their Chrysalis Each Day? What Do Monarchs Prefer to Eat? Whose Wings are Bigger, Males or Females? Survival Rate of Monarch Caterpillars Raised in the Dark vs in the Light Will Monarch Caterpillars Eat More in the Light Than Those in the Dark? Do Monarch Larvae Prefer Young or Mature Milkweed Leaves? Does Heat or Light Affect the Direction of the Pre-Pupal "J"? Does the Size of the Container Affect the Larva Size or Adult Size? The Effects of Different Species of Milkweed on Monarch Development The Effects of Magnets on Monarch Development If There is No Milkweed, Where do Monarchs Lay Their Eggs? Courses and Workshops Support Materials Lesson Plans Research with Students Community Learning Garden Writing a Scientific Paper Research Topic Ideas The Scientific Method Sign Up Credits History Objectives Terms of Use Easy Medium Hard

Home | MITC | MonarchLab | MLMP | SEE | Monarch Store | Links | About Us | Contact Us

Lesson Plans on Monarch Research

These sample lessons are from the fourth edition of the Monarchs & More Curriculum Guide. Other lessons include incorporating inquiry into the classroom as well as engaging students in outdoor activities.

To purchase a K-2, 3-6 or Middle School Curriculum Guide, visit our online store. You can find other educational products for sale there, too: field guides, videos, flash cards, posters, and more!

(These lesson plans are in PDF format. To view them, you can download the free Adobe Reader here.)

For Primary Teachers (Grades K-2):

• Lesson 1: Winter is Coming
• Lesson 3: Map the Monarchs' Route
• Lesson 4: Keeping A Monarch Calendar
• Lesson 5: How Much Do Caterpillars Eat in One Day?
• Lesson 13: Bug Safari

For Intermediate Teachers (Grades 3-6):

• Lesson 6: How Many Grandchildren?
• Lesson 7: Milkweed Monitoring
• Lesson 8: Measuring Larval Growth and Development
• Lesson 9: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Lesson 10: Where Is My Food?

For Middle School or High School Teachers:

• Lesson 1: Butterfly Habitat
• Lesson 3: Flight Direction Analysis
• Lesson 6: Measuring Larval Growth and Development
• Lesson 7: Milkweed Monitoring
• Lesson 19: Pit-Traps and Other Methods For Arthropod Sampling

MITC Home | Insect Fair | Teacher Resources | Newsletters | Background | Monarch Quiz