Life Cycle of a Butterfly

By- Gabriella Chay

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Tech ● Big Blue Button
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Special PowerPoint presentations.

Accommodations
● Work in smaller groups
Introduction

Have you ever read the book “The very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carl?

Objective- Students will be able to work in groups and collecting data about the
life cycle of a butterfly to better understand the way a life cycle works over the
course of a couple of weeks.
Reading

National
Geographic Kids
https://youtu.be/kVm5k99P
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Stage 1: Egg

This stage last usually 3-7 days.

Butterflies lay their eggs on the top of
leaves and some may lay them under
the side of a leaf.
Stage 2:
Caterpillar

Once the egg has hatched it turns into

a caterpillar. At this stage they are
known as “the eating machine”. The
more they eat the more they grow. It
can grow 7 times as big as it once was
when it first hatches. This stage last ⅔
weeks.
Stage 3- Pupa

This stage is also called the chrysalis.

The Pupa develops underneath the
caterpillars skin. Once the caterpillar
finds it place to form the exoskeleton
will split off and the pupa is formed.
This stage last 1-2 weeks.
Stage 4- Butterfly

Once a butterfly emerges from the

pupa, it’s wings are crumpled and
moist. Most of the time they will hang
upside down and wait hours for the
wings to dry and get hard.
Vocab

Life Cycle Pulpa

The series of stages through which an organism Inactive stage of development, the Caterpillar is
passes. intermediate.

Caterpillars Larva

Wormlike and sometimes hairy larva of a moth Immature form of an animal between the egg
or larva. and adult stage.

Chrysalis Exoskeleton

Pupa of butterfly encoded in a cocoon. A rigid external covering for the body in some
invertebrate animals, especially arthropods,
providing both support and protection.
Activity

Students will be getting into groups of 4 or smaller if needed and will be able to
work together to create a habitat for their caterpillar to grow in. Once they have
completed that each day we will be taking a look at how they are growing and
changing. We will them track the data on our worksheets and at the end of the
cycle we will release the butterflies into the garden.

Once we have completed the cycle each student will walk around and work with
another student who was not in their group and write down some similarities and
differences they had.
Materials

● Jars
● Leaves collected from outside
● Caterpillar
● Worksheet
● Mesh liner
Rubric