![Child in a red shirt with a preserved butterfly](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/splashy_hero_large/public/images/catalog/11901/20110918gh_370.jpg?h=887f1908&itok=wdoX8_dV)
Butterflies
Short Activities and Longer Programs
![two children looking at Blue Morpho butterfly](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/8886/butterfly.jpg?h=aabaf923&itok=-SMZfUJN)
Exploring Structures - Butterfly
![Looking at an opal through a scanning electron microscope](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/8369/opal_sem_small_size.jpg?h=e39eea65&itok=5jTuJe0x)
Colors at the Nanoscale: Butterflies, Beetles and Opals
![Children looking at Gecko with magnifying glass](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/8438/nise_net_press_photo_0019.jpg?h=22b7f206&itok=-zEDpgtI)
Biomimicry: From Nature to Nanotech
![Two children applying sunblock onto a slip of black construction paper](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/9881/sunblock.png?h=c13c8e3d&itok=T75Cyhzn)
DIY Nano: printable PDF version
![Polarized Light activity with hands holding paper and polarizing tape materials up to the window](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-04/Polarized%20Light%20activity%20with%20hands%20holding%20paper%20and%20polarizing%20tape%20materials%20up%20to%20the%20window.jpg?h=a1dd1271&itok=RATL603G)
Light Activities
![Young girl stacks large blocks with images on them](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/8887/puzzleblocks.jpg?h=155e127a&itok=v3T6FRj-)
Build a Giant Puzzle!
Posters and Graphics
![Image showing the full butterfly's wing poster with annotation](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/about/annbuttwing_copy.jpg?itok=uqnygexj)
Zoom Into a Butterfly Wing poster
![Poster of abstract art featuring large objects and zooming into the atomic level](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/about/everythingatoms_copy_0.jpg?itok=hwvnJ9mU)
Combined Zoom Poster: Everything Is Made of Atoms - Butterfly, Bloodstream, Computer Chip
![What is nano about museum labels thumbnails of signs featuring signs of hot-chocolate, hamburger, glass of water, a window, and a toilet](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/2021-04/What%20is%20nano%20about%20museum%20labels%20thumbnails%20of%20signs%20part%201.jpg?itok=VvmqeYZI)
Nano Museum Labels (Graphic Signs)
Exhibits
![Birdseye view of Nano exhibition with visitors.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2020-12/hero%20Nano%20exhibition%20birdseye%20IMG_5808.jpg?h=30c08e7f&itok=M-bD2Iwg)
Nano Mini-Exhibition
![Large blue and orange interactive exhibit that features the properties of blue butterfly wings on the nanoscale. Exhibit has three boxes with preserved butterflies under a light and a large sign going into detail on nanostructures](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/1638/v2.0_changing_colors_1.jpg?h=a5b6522a&itok=AlkQ4DkI)
Changing Colors exhibit
Biomimicry Resources
Photonics and LCDs Inspired by Iridescent and Structural Color PropertiesButterfly Scientific Images
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/SEM_butterfly_wing.jpg?itok=HTACRn2S)
Scientific Image - Overlapping Scales of Blue Morpho Butterfly Wing
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Scientific Image - Blue Morpho Butterfly Wing (reflected light)
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/12611/morpho_truecolor_nise.jpg?itok=Pvs1fDpU)
Scientific Image - Blue Morpho Butterfly Wing (non-reflected light)
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/ttsem_morpho_400x.jpg?itok=-1ov2Ppo)
Scientific Image - SEM Image of Blue Morpho Butterfly Wing
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/onSilicon05_edit.jpg?itok=N5SdBDzj)
Scientific Image - Nanoscale Structures on a Blue Morpho Butterfly Wing
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/onSilicon04_edit.jpg?itok=Zk_psXhx)
Scientific Image - Nanoscale Structures on a Blue Morpho Butterfly Wing
Scientific Image - Blue Morpho Butterfly Wing
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/12594/blue_morpho_ridges_nise.jpg?itok=5zhC8q2n)
Scientific Image- Blue Morpho Butterfly Wing Ridges
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Scientific Image - Blue Morpho Butterfly Wing Microribs
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Scientific Image - Photonic Crystal
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Scientific Image - Blue Morpho Butterfly Wing Scales
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/12575/tropical_butterfly_nise.jpg?itok=kxsWlbmO)
Scientific Image - Blue Morpho Butterfly
Annual Events and Themes
- National Learn about Butterflies Days (March 14)
- NanoDays (end of March - Early April)
- National Nano Day (October 9th)
- Migrations in Spring and Fall
- Light - see NISE Network compilation of light activities and resources
Online workshop recording
- Online Brown-Bag: The Science Behind NanoDays 2013 - Part 2 (Recorded)
Blue morpho butterfly discussion begins at 28 minutes: 32 seconds into the online workshop
Citizen science projects
- Community science Monarch projects
- Journey North citizen science project
- SciStarter Butterfly projects
More Resources
- HowtoSmile.org butterfly activities: https://www.howtosmile.org/resource-search/butterfly
- Learn about Monarch butterflies: https://monarchjointventure.org
- Compilation of K-12 resources: https://www.playgroundequipment.com/butterflies-in-your-playground/
![Working with STEM Experts Guide cover including an image of expert puring a liquid and using a strainer with a girl and her family at a museum public event](/sites/default/files/styles/copy_50/public/2021-10/Working%20with%20STEM%20Experts%20Guide%20cover%20including%20an%20image%20of%20expert%20%20puring%20a%20liquid%20and%20using%20a%20strainer%20with%20a%20girl%20and%20her%20family%20at%20a%20museum%20public%20event%20CREDIT%20Marbles%20Kids%20Museum%20CROPPED.jpg?itok=O819TbQo)
Finding STEM Experts
- See the "Engineering, Technology, Material Science, and Nanoscale Science" and "Agriculture: Food Science, AnimalScience, and Plant Science" sections of Working with STEM Experts: A Guide for Educators in Museums and Other Informal Learning Settings