resources

The South Carolina Butterfly Project

Butterfly Resources

Plants and Seeds

America the Beautiful Funds Free Seeds for School Projects

America the Beautiful Fund is again offering grants of FREE SEEDS! for community planting projects and we are excited to continue our partnership with the Department of Interior’s Take Pride in America Program. Plant a Take Pride in America Garden and you will receive official recognition of your project and be eligible for consideration of a special Presidential award.

To request a FREE SEED! grant simply:

1. Write a short letter describing your project
2. Fill out the application form
3. Enclose a check for shipping and handling (First set of 100 packets is $14.95, additional sets of 100 are $5 each)
4. Mail your letter, application and check to:
America the Beautiful Fund
725 15th Street, NW, Suite 605, Dept. AG,
Washington, DC 20005

Through its Community Tree Planting (CTP) grant, the National Tree Trust provides free tree seedlings to schools and community groups to plant on public property (e.g. public schoolyards, roadsides, community gardens, parks). CTP grants consist of a minimum of 100 regionally appropriate tree seedlings, 2-gallon plastic containers, and a cash subsidy to underwrite the cost of potting mix. Applications are available January through May, for trees that will be delivered in the spring of 2001. To request an application, contact the National Tree Trust. Also ask about their Growing Together program, which offers planting and curriculum materials for growing trees from local seeds. Phone: (800) 846-8733; email: (info@nationaltreetrust.org); web site: (www.nationaltreetrust.org).

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Mail-order Gardening Association Kids Growing with Dutch Bulbs Grant Program:

Be one of 500 schools to win more than 200 premium Dutch flower bulbs, delivered in time for planting in the fall. Sponsored by the Mailorder Gardening Association. Guidelines for eligibility: only elementary, middle and high schools in the continental United States may apply, past winners of this award may not re-apply, and applications must be postmarked no later than April 1 of the year of the award.

For more information about the Mailorder Gardening Association or the Kids Growing with Dutch Bulbs Grant Program, please contact MGA, 410-540-9830, or via e-mail at info@mailordergardening.com

Butterfly (and related) Websites

Journey North
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

Butterflies and Moths of North America
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center--Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/2000/cateast/cateast.htm

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center--Caterpillars of Pacific Northwest Forests and Woodlands
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/2000/catnw/catnw.htm

'The Life of the Caterpillar' by J. Henri Fabre now online
http://www.eldritchpress.org/jhf/cater.html

Monarch Watch
http://www.monarchwatch.org/

North American Butterfly Association
http://www.naba.org/

NBII Children's Butterfly Site (Mountain Prairie Information Node of the National Biological Information Infrastructure)
http://mpin.nbii.gov/insects/kidsbutterfly/index.html

Clemson University Insect Information Series--Butterfly Gardening
http://entweb.clemson.edu/cuentres/eiis/pdfs/bb2.pdf

The following butterfly gardening file is in PDF format. To obtain the free reader for this type file please visit Adobe

Scotia-Glenville Children's Museum - Where Do Butterflies Come From?
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/index.html

Curriculum Websites/Information

K-3 Rainforest Curriculum activities from RainBird Irrigation
http://www.rainbird.com/rainforest/index.htm

Florida Butterfly Tutorials - These tutorials provide information on a number of butterflies commonly seen in Florida and the southeast United States. The Florida Butterfly tutorials are based on two color sheets developed by the UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology. These color sheets, as well as many others on general household, lawn and ornamental, and vegetable arthropods are available from the UF IFAS/Extension Bookstore. The UF/IFAS Featured Creatures WWW site also offers information and color photographs on a number of butterfly species.
http://pests.ifas.ufl.edu/software/det_bfly.htm

Both tutorials are available on one CD-ROM (SW 155). Cost is $15. Quantity and reseller discounts available. Payment for the CD to be shipped to Florida addresses must include local sales taxes. Call the UF/IFAS Extension Bookstore at (352) 392-1764 or (800) 226-1764, or order online.

Growing Ideas: A Journal of Garden-Based Learning is published by the National Gardening Association three times a year for educators using plants and gardens to promote investigative learning. To subscribe: contact Growing Ideas, National Gardening Association, 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT, 05401, 1-800-538-7476
http://www.garden.org/home

National Gardening Association's Kids Gardening: Subscribe to their free e-mail newsletter, Kids Garden News. They will send you monthly e-mail updates of available grants, school and family gardening resources, school gardening conferences, and more. Read the current issue online. .
http://www.kidsgardening.com/

The Great Plant Escape: Fourth and fifth grade sleuths, and teachers in all growing classrooms, can uncover many of the mysteries of plants and gardening through this interactive web site produced by the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service. It features interdisciplinary activities, project suggestions, and engaging background information.http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/