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      September 1998
      We are in the beginning stages of starting our butterfly garden.  As we explore all the little details of planning a garden, you can watch our progress.
       
    Our Group Study Focus
      To increase the butterfly population in our community by creating a garden of different flowers and plants to attract butterflies.
      Click here to see our initial plans
         
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      Developing Our Garden
      We will ask for community involvement and support for our butterfly garden.  We will ask for donations of seeds, soil, tools, planter-boxes, and most importantly their time.  We will ask our staff to help build and paint the planter-boxes according to our butterfly theme.  We will need to decide the size and shape of our planter boxes, which will be dependent upon the location that we choose.
      We will need principal and district approval of our site.
      Click here to View Potential Sites
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      Student Participation
      Our students will help design and create the garden area.  It will be our group study focus (as stated above) and many students will have the opportunity to participate in the garden planning and preparations.
      We will also get the community involved in what we are doing at our school.
      The students will be also learn a song about butterflies. Activities will integrate multi-themed butterfly lessons into other units!
      Click here to learn the lyrics to the song!
      Click here to see LACC and the Figueroa Family Working on our garden! 
      Click here to see Poems submitted by our students
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        Teacher Participation & Lessons
      We will post our science standards of California as they relate to our study of butterflies.  Each grade level at our school will work together to formulate grade-level leeson plans for kindergarten through the fifth grade.  The lesson plans will be listed as follows: Some of our sites are still "investigation in progress" projects. Check back with us to see what we are learning!
      Kindergarten
      1st Grade
      2nd Grade
      3rd Grade
      4th Grade
      5th Grade
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      Pictures and Special Recognition
      These are some of the pictures we took as we progressed along in our journey of developing our Butterfly Garden. We would also like to thank all who donated their time and resources to aid in establishing the first ever Butterfly Garden at Figueroa Street Elementary.
      Come and see what we've done!
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      Target Science
      Links to other sites about Butterfly Dreams

      Coastal Sage Scrub: Project Overview
      Children's Butterfly Site Coloring Page of Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle
      North American Butterfly Association
      Butterflies in Education
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      Monarch Watch
      Wild and wonderful butterfly gardens
      Butterfly Gardens
      Butterfly Gardens
      Butterfly Gardens & Habitats
      Butterfly Garden
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      Agraulis vanillae [Gulf Fritillary]
      The Cabbage Butterfly
      Butterfly Gardening and Conservation
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      Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly

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