Butterflies: on the wings of freedom
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Butterflies for Kids
a body to click on
from egg to butterfly
a butterflys workaday world
where does silk come from
observation
other points of interest
trick film
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color a butterfly
paper butterfly
design a butterfly with scales

General Information
metamorphosis
migration
coloring
camouflage
mimicry
other ways of frightening and fooling predators
particularities of coloration
different males and females
the butterfly body
butterflies significance for humans
human significance for butterflies
nourishment
predators
protection and defense
caterpillars
moving geometer caterpillar
butterfly garden
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Our Research

high speed shooting
evaluation of the film shooting
sense organs
shapes of scales
construction of the scales
why do some wings iridesce
using a raster electron microscope
a closer look at a butterfly
a closer look at a moth

Butterflies in Our Lives

legends myths symbols
music and arts
literature
butterfly stamps
publicity
butterfly decor

Curiosities and Extremes

extremes
amazing behavior
surprising bodies

Butterflies at School

butterflies at school
precautions for keeping caterpillars at school
precautions for keeping butterflies at school
1. This is a ______.
roof
raster electron microscopic picture of a butterfly's eye
raster electron microscopic picture of the scales covering a butterfly's wing


2. Here the raster electron microscope shows ______.
a butterfly's foot
a butterfly's antenna
the end of a scale
a false antenna on a butterfly's wing




3. Giacomo Puccini composed an opera called?
Butterfly
The tragedy of butterflies
Madame Butterfly

4. A butterfly can tast with its feet.
true
false

5. How do Monarch butterflies protect in winter?
They fly to California or Mexico
They fly to Brazil
They bury in the ground to keep warm

6. In some cases one single butterfly can be both male and female.
true
false

7. Some butterflies can see with their antenna.
true
false

8. Caterpillars feeding on toxic plants store the toxins to protect from predators.
true
false

9. Metamorphosis is _______.
the act of flashing the "eyes" on the wings to scare attackers
the development from egg to butterfly
copying a poisonous butterfly to seem poisonous as well



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