Teacher+Resources

  References Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes. (n.d.). // //Butterfly gardening and conservation// //. Retrieved August 6, 2010, from http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/butterfly/st/black.php This site gives information on successful plants for raising butterflies. It also provides a very detailed expected life progression from caterpillar to butterfly. This site was very descriptive as to the life cycle which would be helpful when raising caterpillars. Black Swallowtail Butterfly indoors. (n.d.). // //Butterfly - share the joy of butterflies// //. Retrieved August 6, 2010, from http://www.joyfulbutterfly.com/articles/blackswallowtailindoors.html This site gives information on successful growth of Swallowtail Caterpillars. This site provides a lot of useful information on growing your butterflies indoors. Butterfly School. (n.d.). // //Butterfly School// //. Retrieved August 6, 2010, from http://www.butterflyschool.org/ This site provides a broad overview of butterflies and their lives. It also provides ideas for teachers to integrate butterflies into their curriculum. This would be a very helpful in planning lesson plans. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">Fischer, F. (n.d.). The life cycle of the Black Swallowtail | eHow.com. // //eHow | How To Do Just About Everything! | How To Videos & Articles// //. Retrieved August 6, 2010, from http://www.ehow.com/about_5377800_life-cycle-black-swallowtail.html <span style="line-height: 27.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 50pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">The author provides an in depth look at the life cycle of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly. Advice is also given on how to attract butterflies to a garden. Information on this site is easy to understand and subdivided in a logical manner. <span style="line-height: 27.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 40pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -40pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">Hadley, D. (n.d.). Black Swallowtail Butterfly - Habits and traits of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio polyxenes. // //Insects, Spiders, and Other Arthropods// //. Retrieved August 6, 2010, from http://insects.about.com/od/butterfliesmoths/p/P_polyxenes.htm <span style="line-height: 27.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 50pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">This website gives a brief introduction to Black Swallowtail Butterflies. It provides a description of it's appearance, life cycle and habitat amongst other facts. Overall, this site provides a starting point for further research. <span style="line-height: 27.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 40pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -40pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">Kids and caterpillars. (n.d.). // //Flying Flowers ...butterfly gardening, butterflies, caterpillars, butterfly, butterfly gardens, caterpillar, garden, lepidoptera, host, nectar, native plants// //. Retrieved August 6, 2010, from http://melanys.tripod.com/caterpillars.htm <span style="line-height: 27.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 50pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">This website provides information on how to raise a Black Swallowtail and Monarch Butterfly. It provides detailed information on what to expect as the caterpillar grows and helpful hints on how to best care for your butterfly. This would be a useful website if one would decide to grow butterflies in the classroom. <span style="line-height: 27.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 40pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -40pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">Moul, B. (n.d.). Life cycle of a Black Swallowtail Butterfly photo gallery by Bob Moul at pbase.com. // //PBase.com// //. Retrieved August 6, 2010, from http://www.pbase.com/rcm1840/lifecycleofblsw <span style="line-height: 27.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 50pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">This site gives a personal experience of raising Black Swallowtail Butterflies. It also provides growth stage specific photos to show the progression of metamorphosis. While the author is not using scientific information in his description, the author's pictures provide a strong understanding of the growth stages. <span style="line-height: 27.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 40pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -40pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">Raise a Black Swallowtail Butterfly - fascinating stages.....Easy instructions. (n.d.). // //Raising Monarch Butterflies - easy step by step instructions// //. Retrieved August 6, 2010, from http://www.glorious-butterfly.com/black-swallowtail-butterfly.html <span style="line-height: 27.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 50pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20px;">This site provides both information on how to raise Swallowtail Butterflies and interesting facts. It also provides a method for buying plant seeds that would be used to feed a butterfly. This site gives quick and easy access to starting one's own butterfly garden.