Copiable (no copyright) children's activity sheets from Butterfly Conservation

Most of these files are PDF (Portable Document Fomat), which means they can take a few minutes to download and appear on the screen.(The KB size shown after them will give you a rough idea how long at a rate of about 50 KB per second, unless you have a Broadband connection) You also need Adobe Reader software to read them - if your computer does not already have it,  you can get this free by clicking here; www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Identification Chart of the most common Butterflies (289 KB) for you to print out on two A4 sheets, put back-to-back, trim and laminate. Children can then take them out in the school grounds and use them to identify and count the numbers they see. Wipe-clean after putting their records onto a weekly chart or making a graph on the notice board. Thanks for the original pictures from the Butterfly Conservation Cheshire Branch Education Pack available from Neil Savage; neil.savage2@ntlworld.com

Identification Chart of the most common Butterflies to be seen in North Wales gardens, as above, but named in Welsh as well as English

Wordsearch (299 KB)

Boardgame (295 KB)

Colouring sheet of some North Wales butterflies and moths - and one that doesn't live in North Wales - can you tell which one? (726 KB)

Butterflies in your Garden (398 KB)

Butterfly Life Cycle (515 KB)

Quiz; link the butterflies to their caterpillar foodplants (in English and in colour =print copies off computer) (116 KB)

Quiz; link the butterflies to their caterpillar foodplants (in Welsh and in colour =print copies off computer) (112 KB)

Quiz answers