| Looking for elementary school science projects your | | | | reinforce the elementary school science projects of |
| students will love? Consider raising monarch butterflies | | | | raising butterflies. Consider a winter plantscience bulletin |
| which will be your students favorite fall or spring earth | | | | board idea focusing on growing the tropical milkweed. |
| science projects. | | | | These butterfly science projects are great for |
| Raising monarch butterflies is easy and very | | | | kindergarten through 8th grade. |
| fascinating. Your students will learn about life cycles, | | | | - Kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade - raise several |
| butterfly stages, metamorphosis, migration and more. | | | | caterpillars as a class, the students help care for the |
| You can combine a separate plant science project | | | | caterpillars and observe the changes and stages of |
| growing the host plant (monarch caterpillar food) which | | | | the monarch butterfly focusing on life cycles |
| is tropical milkweed. Tropical Milkweed is very easy to | | | | - 3rd grade, 4th grade and 5th grade - study more in |
| grow from seed and if you start this plant science unit | | | | detail the life cycle measuring growth of the caterpillars |
| after Christmas vacation the students will grow | | | | and their instars, journal observations of the stages |
| enough monarch caterpillar food to raise | | | | and caterpillar behavior and study the migration of the |
| monarchbutterflies in the spring before school is over. | | | | monarch butterfly |
| Would you prefer to raise monarchs in the fall as an | | | | - 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade - raise their own |
| elementary school science project? This can be your | | | | monarch butterflies, learn what actually happens inside |
| first science unit when you return from summer break. | | | | of the chrysalis as the butterfly is formed and follow |
| There is plenty of common milkweed growing in most | | | | the monarch butterfly migration online Want to know |
| parts of the country to feed the monarch caterpillars, | | | | more about getting your students to love science? Get |
| so this makes for an easy science project idea. | | | | detailed information at the resources below for these |
| If you are looking for school bulletin board ideas, try | | | | elementary science projects. |
| one on the life cycle of the monarch butterfly to | | | | |