Free resources
Butterfly science to print and use at home or in class.
Each one is developed with Lucy Garcia Salik, PhD, from the specimens in her drawer and the questions she gets at her field station.
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Butterfly Field Lab: Teacher Sampler
Station cards, the Butterfly Families sort and three pre-visit guides, as one PDF for the classroom.
- For
- Teachers, librarians and homeschool groups
- Pages
- 26
- Format
- PDF, US Letter, typographic
- How you get it
- Free, by email: tell us where to send it on the education page
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The Invisible World at Home
A week of butterfly science at the kitchen table: a parent guide, two station cards, the Butterfly Families sort and an answer key.
- For
- Parents and grown-ups at home
- Pages
- 22
- Format
- PDF, US Letter, typographic
- How you get it
- Free, by email
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Pop-up Quest Cards
Six quests for Lucy's field station at a pop-up, each with a QR code to read more at home.
- For
- Kids at a pop-up, with a grown-up
- Pages
- 6
- Format
- PDF, US Letter, typographic
- How you get it
- Free PDF download
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Invisible World Station Cards
Station cards from The Invisible World of Butterflies, each in four parts: for kids, for grown-ups, an activity with things from around the house, and a question to ask Lucy.
- For
- Families and K–5 classrooms
- Format
- PDF, US Letter, typographic
- How you get it
- Free, inside the Teacher Sampler
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Butterfly Families Sort
One card per family, a sorting mat and a teacher key: students sort species from Lucy's specimen drawer by family, one clue at a time.
- For
- Grades 2–5 classrooms and families
- Format
- PDF, US Letter, typographic
- How you get it
- Free, inside the Teacher Sampler
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Field Lab Pre-Visit Guides
Questions and words to know before and after Lucy's visit, one guide per program.
- For
- Teachers getting ready for a Butterfly Field Lab visit
- Format
- PDF, US Letter, typographic
- How you get it
- Free, inside the Teacher Sampler
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For your own game night
The Game Guide’s quick-teach cards: one card per game in our library, how it plays in a few lines, two to a page with a cut line. Free to print for your own game night.
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