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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly.

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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

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  1. The Life Cycle of a Butterfly The purpose of this presentation is to introduce students to the life cycle of a butterfly. Students will be introduced to the four stages in the cycle as well as specific characteristics that represent each stage. Although teachers are able to use this as an instructional tool, it can also be used as a learning center for the child who needs a review. Included is a mini interactive quiz. Diana da Silva EDIM-508 Adult Caterpillar Egg Life Cycle Chrysalis

  2. New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards - Science Descriptive Statement: The study of science must include the diversity, complexity, and interdependence of life on Earth. Students should know how organisms evolve, reproduce, and adapt to their environments. By the end of Grade 2, students will: • 5.5.2 A. Matter, Energy and Organization in Living Systems • 1. Investigate the basic needs of humans and other organisms. By the end of Grade 4, students will: • 5.5.4 C. Reproduction and Heredity • 1. Identify different stages in the lives of various organisms. Next Home

  3. The Life Cycle Click on the pictures to watch video clips related to each stage. Next Home

  4. The Egg Next Home

  5. The Caterpillar • What It Likes to Eat • Caterpillars begin by eating their egg shell. • Caterpillars, then, eat the leaf the egg was placed on and anything else it can get a hold of. • How It Protects Itself • They are usually camouflaged in shades of greens and browns. • They can also be covered in spines, false eye spots, and other markings. • What It Looks Like • Caterpillars grow within 2-4 weeks. • It has an exoskeleton covering its body. • As it grows, it sheds its skin, or molts, so that it can keep growing. Next Home

  6. The Chrysalis Next Home

  7. The Adult Butterfly • What It Looks Like • They have: • six legs. • three body parts: head, thorax, and abdomen • wings • antennae • proboscis • What It Likes to Eat • The proboscis serves as the mouth to help drink nectar from flowers. • Other Information • When a butterfly emerges, its wings are crumpled and wet. • A butterfly rubs its wings together to pump liquid into them so that they stretch and expand. • Butterflies have fur covering their bodies. Next Home

  8. Other Butterfly Facts • The female butterfly spends its brief lifetime looking for a mate, mating, and laying eggs. • Some butterflies feed on dead animals while they are mating. • Some butterflies only live a few days or weeks. Others, like the Monarch, migrate to warmer climates. Next

  9. Are you ready to test your butterfly life cycle knowledge? Click to Enter Quiz

  10. Butterfly Quiz • What do butterflies use the proboscis for? • To help them fly • To drink nectar from flowers • To look for a mate Next

  11. Butterfly Quiz • Select the correct order of the life cycle of a butterfly • Butterfly, egg, chrysalis, caterpillar • Egg, chrysalis, caterpillar, butterfly • Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly • Chrysalis, butterfly, caterpillar, egg Next

  12. Pop Quiz • What don’t caterpillars like to eat? • Leaves • Mallow • Bark • Flowers Next

  13. Pop Quiz • Butterflies have three main body parts. Choose the correct three body parts. • Antennae, head, abdomen • Legs, antennae, thorax • Wings, head, thorax • Head, thorax, abdomen Next

  14. Pop Quiz • Butterflies have _______ legs. • Eight • Six • Four • Two Next

  15. References • Connecting-with-Nature.net. (2006-2009). Chrysalis into butterfly. Retrieved March 30, 2010, from Connecting-with-nature.net: http://www.connecting-with-nature.net/chrysalis.html • Connecting-with-Nature.net. (2006-2009). The adult butterfly life: Short but sweet. Retrieved March 30, 2010, from Connecting-with-nature.net: http://www.connecting-with-nature.net/adult-butterfly.html • Connecting-with-Nature.net. (2006-2009). The Butterfly Egg and Where to Find It. Retrieved March 30, 2010, from Connecting-with-nature.net: http://www.connecting-with-nature.net/butterfly-egg.html • Connecting-with-Nature.net. (2006-2009). The Butterfly Life Cycle. Retrieved March 30, 2010, from Connecting-with-nature.net: http://www.connecting-with-nature.net/butterfly-life-cycle.html • Connecting-with-Nature.net. (2006-2009). The caterpillar is the larval stage in the butterfly life cycle. Retrieved March 30, 2010, from Connecting-with-nature.net: http://www.connecting-with-nature.net/caterpillar.html • Lodge, L. P. (n.d.). An emerging butterfly. Retrieved April 2, 2010, from Waterfall gardens: http://www.waterfallgardens.com/butterflies.php • Merriam-Webster, I. (2010). Word central. Retrieved April 1, 2010, from Word central: http://www.wordcentral.com/ • Opler, P. A. (n.d.). Life cycle of butterflies and moths. Retrieved March 31, 2010, from The children's butterfly site: http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle • Wikipedia. (2010, March 27). Monarch (butterfly). Retrieved April 1, 2010, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_(butterfly) Next

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