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Butterfly
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Grade Level: Kindergarten How does a butterfly grow? Metamorphosis Pre-assessment Questions: Ask students what they know about butterflies. Have they ever seen one? Have they ever touched one? Was it colorful? What did it look like? What do caterpillars look like? How do you think they got to be caterpillars? What do they feel like? Are they furry? Are they slimy? Ask the students if they know what the butterfly was before it was a one?
Introduction to activity: Teacher will read students the book The very hungry caterpillar By Eric Carle
Objectives: The students will demonstrate their understanding of the life cycle (metamorphosis) of a butterfly by observing, identifying and collecting data of the different stages as the butterfly goes through the cycle. They will observe the stages of the life cycle through butterfly pavilion. They will all participate in creating the diagram of the life cycle of a butterfly by gluing the: the egg, larva (caterpillar) pupa (chrysalis), and the adult (butterfly) in the correct order. Each of the students will describe the life cycle of a butterfly while interpreting their diagram to the class with 100% accuracy. They will also create a model of a butterfly and describe all of the body parts at 100% accuracy. There will be several activities. The first will be: Special permission advising parents of activity- send out a slip so parents can sign and return so they will know that their student will be touching a caterpillar. The life cycle of a butterfly. (Metamorphosis) Students will observe and collect data on the life cycle of a butterfly through a butterfly pavilion. Materials Aquarium, box, or milk jug Leaves Nylon Rubber band Twig Water
Procedure Caterpillar Bug Jug: Prepare a caterpillar home is a small fish tank, a shoebox or milk carton with a hole cut for viewing. Cover the hole with hosiery. Place a small twig or two in the home for it to use during the pupation phase of its life. Take the children on a caterpillar hunt. Look for caterpillars on the leaves and stems of plants. For food, take a supply of leaves from the plant on which you found the caterpillar. Sprinkle the leaves with a little water and keep them in airtight containers in the refrigerator. Or take several small branches of the leaves and place them in water. After caterpillars are captured (or purchased) then students will measure them with a ruler and paper clips and record their data then they will transfer on to a chart that is created with the teacher. Every day the students will take measurements of the caterpillars and discuss their differences. How much bigger it has grown. Students will be divided up into groups of three or four each group will be assigned a caterpillar to observe. Students will create a picture journal of their caterpillar. Each day they will get to observe their caterpillar and discuss their findings with the class. Color, changes, size, etc. Students will observe the changes of the life cycle of a butterfly. They will observe the larva (caterpillar) change into the pupa (chrysalis) and then into an adult (butterfly). When the pupa has become an adult butterfly each group will release their butterfly outdoors. This whole process for a butterfly to change and become an adult takes about 30 days Time- The entire cycle of a butterfly takes 30 days, so observation each day. Vocabulary Orza (Egg) Larva(Caterpillar) Pupa(chrysalis) Adult (butterfly) Lets create life cycle of a butterfly through pasta Objective: Students will use pasta as a model to demonstrate and describe the life cycle of a butterfly in the correct order of the cycle the Egg, larva (caterpillar) pupa (chrysalis), and the adult (butterfly). Through pasta and cut out cycle attached. Time needed One1 ½ hours- of prep, activity and clean up. Materials Large paper plate Markers Glue Orza (Egg) Spiral pasta (larva, caterpillar) Sea shell macaroni (pupa, chrysalis) Bow tie pasta (Butterfly)
The students will be able to identify. Orza (Egg) Larva(caterpillar) Pupa(chrysalis) Adult(butterfly)
Procedure: Teacher will pass out all needed material. Then she will demonstrate what the students need to do and describe the steps. Divide the paper plate with a marker into 4 equal sections. In the first section the students will glue the orza {the egg} pasta. Then the students will put the steps that follow the spiral pasta {the caterpillar} sea shell macaroni{the chrysalis} bowtie pasta {the butterfly}. When students finish their model they will describe the life cycle to the teacher. Then we will act out the life cycle of a butterfly through some movements. Egg: Have children hold their ankles. Bend down, and round their body like the shape of an egg. Larva: Squirm like a worm. Pupa: Crawl into a sleeping position Butterfly: Children pop up and sway their arms around like a butterfly.
Conclusion Students will be able to describe and understand that a butterfly goes through stages when changes into a butterfly. Assessment- students will describe, model, and draw the changes of the life cycle of a butterfly.
Follow up activities Lets see a butterfly and name their body parts Objective: Students will create a butterfly model and identify at least 5 of the parts of a butterfly: The head, legs, wings, antenna, compound eye, thorax, abdomen and proboscis. Time- 1 hour for five days Materials Construction paper Tubes (paper towel or tissue) Markers and crayons Pipe cleaners Cotton balls Straws Scissors Cardboard Felt Fabric Students will identify the characteristics of a butterfly Head Wings Antenna Compound eye Thorax Abdomen Proboscis Legs
Procedure: The teacher will show students a picture of a butterfly and hangs it on the wall or where ever is appropriate. Students will be divided up into two groups. Students will be timed and must work as a group. There will be a section of where the butterfly pieces are and students have to guess where each piece goes. They will have to create a assembly line as one students moves up the others will run and pass a ball without dropping it. They will place a piece on the floor in the designated area until the butterfly is complete.
Extension Juice in a Flower Petal Cup: Serve this delicious drink in a flower petal cup with a straw and drink just like a butterfly does, sipping nectar through a tube-shaped tongue. Materials Juice: 1/2 cup orange juice 1/2 cup cranberry juice Cup Materials: Scissors Colorful construction paper Measuring tape Large-size plastic cup Tape Plastic drinking straw
Procedure To make flower petal cup: Cut a strip of paper that's 3 inches wide and long enough to circle the rim of the cup, plus 1 inch. (Use the measuring tape for this.) On one edge of the strip, cut scallops about 2 1/4 inches long, leaving a 3/4-inch border on the other edge. Shape each scallop into separate petals. Wrap the uncut edge of the petal strip around the plastic cup, and anchor it with tape. Fold the petals out one by one. Then pour in the nectar and serve it with a curly straw.
References http://butterflywebsite.com/educate/index.cfm http://insected.arizona.edu/bflyinfo.htm http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/beal/curriculum/butterfly/butterflies.html http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/i_like_bugs_.html http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Insect.htm http://www.teachingheart.net/teachinsects.html http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/index.html
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