Questions about butterflies

[Jeffrey A. Caldwell]

These are some good sites to help answer the children's questions about
butterflies:

Children's Butterfly Site:
http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/butterfly.html

School Community Environment Program
Butterflies and Moths - Lepido-links and Resources:
http://www.arandaps.act.edu.au/environment/activity/humus/buttrfly/leplinks.htm

Endangered Butterflies:
http://www.edutrek.net/endangeredbutterflies.html

Iowa State Entomology Index: K-12 Educators' Recommended Sites:
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/list/k-12_educator_resources.html

Paolo Mazzei wrote:

> Christie L. Hammond (Lake Hills Elementary School, Bellevue, Washington,
> mailto:Christie.Hammond at bsd405.com) wrote:
>
> "I am a teacher of 2nd grade. My students are very knowledgable about
> butterflies. They have many questions that they want to have answered. Would
> you be open to helping me with this? Some of their questions pertain to the
> history of butterfly study and may be a bit difficult to answer."
>
> and these are the questions:
>
> Hi,
> We are the kids from Room 16 at Lake Hills Elementary.  Thank you for
> helping us find out more about butterflies.  We have chosen some of our
> 34 questions about butterflies and are sending them to you for help.
>
> 1.  What is the first butterfly ever discovered?
>
> 2.  How do butterflies get their names and who names them?
>
> 3.  What do scientists call butterflies?
>
> 4.  When were butterflies first discovered?
>
> 5.  Do butterflies swim?
>
> 6.  What is the largest kind of butterfly in the world?
>
> 7.  Are any butterflies endangered?
>
> 8.  Why do butterflies die after they lay eggs?
>
> 9.  How do we tell if a butterfly is a boy or a girl?
>
> 10. How do butterflies protest themselves?
>
> 11. How many poisonous butterflies are there?
>
> 12. Why are butterflies so small?
>
> 13. Why do butterflies have two sets of wings?
>
> 14. Do butterflies get sick?
>
> 15. Why are butterflies part of nature?
>
> 16. Do butterflies have to learn how to fly or do they just know?
>
> 17. How many kinds of butterflies are there in the world?
>
> 18. How come caterpillars are different from their mothers?
>
> 19. Why do butterflies have big eyes?
>
> 20. How do butterflies breath?
>
> 21. Do  butterflies have other names?
>
> 22. If butterflies are endangered, what can we do to help save
> butterflies?
>
> Thank you for helping us with our questions.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> room 16