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Amelia Gonzalez Kennesaw State University

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly. Amelia Gonzalez Kennesaw State University S2L1. Students will investigate the life cycles of different living organisms. Table of Contents. What is a Butterfly? The Life Cycle of a Butterfly Stage 1- Egg

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Amelia Gonzalez Kennesaw State University

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  1. The Life Cycle of a Butterfly Amelia Gonzalez Kennesaw State University S2L1. Students will investigate the life cycles of different living organisms.

  2. Table of Contents • What is a Butterfly? • The Life Cycle of a Butterfly • Stage 1- Egg • Stage 2- Larva • Stage 3- Pupa • Stage 4- Butterfly • Review the 4 Stages • Parts of a Butterfly • What Do Butterflies Eat? • How Long Do Butterflies Live? • Interesting Butterfly Facts • The Very Hungry Caterpillar • What is Your Favorite Fruit? • Butterfly Websites

  3. What is a Butterfly? Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings. Like all insects, they have six jointed legs, 3 body parts, a pair of antennae, compound eyes, and an exoskeleton.

  4. The Complete Life CycleThere are 4 stages. Click here to watch the life cycle video. Make sure to press play!

  5. Stage 1The Egg A butterfly starts it’s life as an egg.

  6. Stage 2Larva or Caterpillar The larva (caterpillar) hatches from the egg and eats leaves and flowers almost constantly.

  7. Stage 3Pupa or Chrysalis It turns into a pupa (chrysalis). This is the resting stage.

  8. Stage 4 A Butterfly A beautiful, flying adult butterfly emerges!!!!!

  9. Let's Review!!!! Can you name the four stages?

  10. Parts Of A Butterfly head antenna thorax wing abdomen

  11. What do Butterflies Eat? Adult butterflies sip nectar from flowers through their tongues, which act like straws.

  12. How Long Does A Butterfly Live? An adult butterflies average life span is about two weeks or less.

  13. Interesting Butterfly Facts • As caterpillars grow they shed their skin. • In North America there are over 700 species of butterflies. • All butterflies have six legs and feet.  • Butterflies prefer flowers that are pink, yellow, red, or purple and have single petals. • Butterflies taste their food through their feet not their proboscis.

  14. The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar ate many different kinds of food, but did you notice how many fruits he ate? Look at the graph below to find out.

  15. What is Your Favorite Fruit? Here is an example of how information looks on a pie graph. We are going to take a class vote and find out which fruit our class likes best. We will then graph our information on a pie graph.

  16. Butterfly http://www.teacherwebshelf.com/classroompets/insectsandco-butterflies.htm http://42explore.com/butter.htm http://www.thebutterflysite.com/ http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm http://www.primarygames.com/science/butterflies/facts.htm Websites

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