Special chemicals + air = cold light

Insect review:
Tell a firefly’s body parts.
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Comprehension
Questions:
1. How does the firefly make light?

2. How can fireflies help people?

3. In what way can you make fireflies come to

you ? Why does it work?
Additional reading

How the firefly got its light

A long long time ago, the sun and the moon were
always in the sky. There was no nighttime, and there
was no daytime.
After a while, some animals called to the sun and the
moon and asked to talk with them. The moon and the
sun did as they were asked.
"We do not know when to start sleeping,” said the
elephant to the moon, “because you are always in the
sky.”
“And we do not know when to wake up,” said the zebra
to the sun, “because you are always shining brightly.”
Everyone complained except the dulfly. The sleepy dulfly
looked like a firefly, but it did not glow. Its body was dark
and dull and all together boring.
The sun, because it was always a little brighter than the
moon, thought hard about what to do. “I will stay in the
sky half of the time,” said the sun,” and the moon will stay
in the sky when I am not there so that you will know
when to sleep. But one of you will have to tell us when it
is time for us to swap, otherwise we will not know.”
“I can’t do it,” said the lion, “I am too busy hunting.”
“I can’t do it,” said the monkey, “I am too busy picking
fruit from the trees.”
One by one, all the animals explained why they couldn’t help
the moon and the sun, until only the sleepy dulfly remained.
“Wake up dulfly!” yelled the sun.
“What’s wrong?” asked the sleepy dulfly.
The sun replied, “My friend the moon and I must separate,
and this makes me sad. But it is the only way that the animals
can sleep well. So once a day we need you to tell us when to
rise and fall. The time when I rise will be called dawn and the
time when I fall will be called dusk. ”
“But I couldn’t possibly!” said the sleepy dulfly, “How could
I signal someone as large as you, when I am so small. You
wouldn’t be able to see me!”
The sun breathed in slowly and then sent light into the
dulfly’s bottom where it glowed brightly.
“Owwwwwww!” screamed the sleepy dulfly, “that
hurt!!!”
The sun said in a loud voice, “You will fly around and
flash the light in your bottom at dusk and dawn, and the
moon and I will know that it is time to swap. The rest of
the time you may sleep.”
Ever since that day, the sleepy dulfly has been known as
the firefly, and the sun and the moon have risen and set
because it does its job well. And so, if you are outside at
dawn or dusk and you happen to catch a firefly, you must
be sure to let it go because even though it is small, the
firefly is the one who decides when the sun rises and
sets.
This is an imaginary story. In this story,
how did the firefly get its ability to glow?