Classroom kits

Guidelines

Classroom kits from the Butterfly House are available at no charge on a two-week loan. However, a deposit of $25.00 is required at the time the kit is taken from the Butterfly House. Deposits may be made in the form of check or credit card. Checks will not be cashed and credit cards will not be charged unless the complete kits are not returned by their due date.

Kits

Bee Kit:
Honey Bee Life Cycle specimen mount
Tales From the Hive video
Magic School Bus: In a Beehive video or DVD
The Honeybee and the Robber by Eric Carle
The Honey Files: A Bee's Life National Honey Board video
The Honey Files: A Bee's Life curriculum guide

Butterfly Kit:
Riker Mounts with specimens of Owl butterfly, Blue Morpho butterfly & Atlas moth
Butterfly Identification Guides
Monarch Life Cycle Poster
All Aflutter poster
Watch Me Grow: Butterflies
Magic School Bus: Butterflies! video or DVD
Description pages
Activity pages

Butterfly and Moth Kit:
6 frames of mounted butterflies or moths
All Aflutter poster
Monarch Life Cycle Poster
Magic School Bus: Butterflies! video or DVD

Insects Kit:
Insect Leg Adaptation specimen set
Insects: Friends & Foes specimen set
All Aflutter poster
Monarch Life Cycle Poster

Life Cycle Kit:
Honey Bee life cycle specimen mount
Silk Worm life cycle specimen mount
Cabbage Butterfly life cycle
Monarch Life Cycle Poster
Magic School Bus: Butterflies! video or DVD

Collection Kit:
General Purpose Nets
Sweep Nets
Large Killing Jars
Small Killing Jars
Hand lenses
Peterson's Guide to Insects
The Practical Entomologist

Pinning Kit:
Pinning Block
Versaboard
Fine Point Straight Tip Forceps
Spade Tip Forceps
Hand lenses
Peterson's Guide to Insects
The Practical Entomologist