Links!

These are a few of our favorite links! The list is not inclusive, and does not represent an endorsement by Kansas State University. We will gladly add links that readers recommend.

Art, Clothing, and Jewelry
Resources for Teachers
Butterfly information
Links to other butterfly houses and insect zoos

Art, Clothing, and Jewelry

Donna Atwood Designs : "As gifts or as teaching tools, these materials are a great way to learn about the plants, animals and insects of the American Southwest. Utmost care has been given to ensure the content is accurate and accessible to young people." Notecards, coloring books, magnets, all wonderful representations of the biodiversity of the southwest. http://www.atwooddesign.com/index.html

Luna Parc: "the home and workspace of artistic genius Ricky Boscarino". Original jewelry designs (and a really great house!) http://www.lunaparc.com/

Wildscape -"Never before on earth has anyone harnessed nature's hidden secrets in the way that we have. Two decades of researching stream ecosystems has led us to a unique concept of integrating art and science. " Really cool jewelry 'insect made' - http://www.wildscape.com/jewelry/

Elegant Insects Silver Jewelry: Designed and Hand Made by Sandra Buchholz - http://hometown.aol.com/elegantbee/elegantinsectshomepage.html

Wild Cotton by Atlas Screen Printing combines a blend of scientific accuracy, artistic style, and quality craftsmanship. We strive to present the highest quality, realistic wildlife art with award winning graphics and printing. Birds, bugs and butterflies abound, as well as lions, tigers and bears. http://www.wildcotton.com/ .

Dragonfly Glass is the creation of glass artist Jaye Houle. Jaye specializes in creating fanciful insects and functional art for the home. She designs her pieces to take advantage of the rich colors and complex patterns of fine art glass. Her pieces combine traditional Tiffany stained glass techniques with the newly revived tradition of kiln fired glass. The use of decorative soldering and wire work add yet another dimension to her work. http://www.dragonflyglass.biz .

Imagine coming face to face with a ten-foot steel scorpion that is in a life or death battle with a swarm of fire ants or an eight-foot alien robot assassin! You have now entered the world of Bill Secunda Studios. http://www.weldart.com .

For Teachers:

ESA logo Entomological Society of America - Education and informaiton
http://www.entsoc.org/education/educ_intro.htm

University of Arizona, using insects in classrooms University of Arizona - http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/info.htm

Monarch Watch logo Monarch Watch project: dedicated to education, conservation and research on the Monarch Butterfly - http://www.monarchwatch.org/

Bugscope - from the University of Illinois. "The Bugscope project is an educational outreach program for K-12 classrooms. The project provides a resource to classrooms so that they may remotely operate a scanning electron microscope to image "bugs" at high magnification. The microscope is remotely controlled in real time from a classroom computer over the Internet using a web browser." http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/

Carolina Biological Supply Company: classroom activities, resourse links, free audio and video downloads - http://www.carolina.com/general/directories/teacher_resources.asp

From the University of Kentucky: http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/entyouth.htm

Enchanted Learning website: Wonderful resource created by a husband and wife team. Join as a member if you enjoy their pages!! http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/printouts.shtml

bugsy Going Bugsy - Facts and Fun about insects - Scholastic Books site - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bugs/

Butterfly resources:

http://www.butterflies.com/- info on butterfly gardening, a student's guide to butterflies, and resources for purchasing butterflies.

The Butterfly website: "Join us in learning more about the fascinating world of butterflies. Here you can tour our photo gallery, learn how to plant a butterfly garden, take a field trip, chat with other butterfly-lovers and so much more! " http://butterflywebsite.com/

Butterfly Houses and Insect Zoos:

Butterfly Gardens and Conservatories in the Great Lakes Region - http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/butflygdns.html

Iowa State Insect Zoo Iowa State University Insect Zoo - http://www.ent.iastate.edu/zoo/enhanced4.html

Mackinac Island Butterfly House - http://www.mackinac.com/butterflyhouse/

Michigan State Butterfly House Michigan State Butterfly House - http://www.ent.msu.edu/bflyhouse/docs/frames.htm

MSU Butterfly House - http://www.ent.msu.edu/bflyhouse/

The Butterfly House, a division of the Missouri Botanical Gardens- http://www.butterflyhouse.org/

O. Orkin Insect Zoo - http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/OrkinZoo/intZoo.html

The Butterfly House of Whitehouse Ohio - http://www.butterfly-house.com/

For a fairly complete listing of butterfly houses by state, check out this link on the Butterfly Website: http://butterflywebsite.com/Gardens/index.cfm#usa

Donations to the Butterfly conservatory and Insect Zoo are highly appreciated. Please send your tax-deductible donations to the Department of Entomology and made out Butterfly Conservatory Fund.

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