Butterfly Life Cycle Metamorphosis Ms Harrington Science lesson

Butterfly Life Cycle: Metamorphosis Ms. Harrington Science lesson #1 Second grade 10/3/12

Learning Objectives: v The students should understand the butterfly metamorphosis v They should be able to observe and take notes as they watch the metamorphosis v Understand the characteristics of each step and why it happens v Standard 2 -1 v Standard 2 -2 v Standard 2 -4

The Beginning: First, A tiny little egg is laid by a girl butterfly on a leaf or stem of a plant. v. What is in this little egg? v A baby Caterpillar

A few days later… The egg stays on the leaf until it is ready to hatch Look! It hatched! Now it is a caterpillar!

Chrysalis v The Chrysalis is the resting stage for the caterpillar. v The caterpillar creates this chrysalis by using silk like string that the caterpillar produces. v The caterpillar wraps itself in this chrysalis for a long period of time, until it is ready to come out. Chrysalis

Final Stage: The caterpillar is no longer a caterpillar, it is now ready to come out of its chrysalis and form into a butterfly.

Here is a short video summarizing the stages of metamorphosis

Fun Facts about Butterflies v Butterflies fly between 5 and 30 miles per hour! v A butterfly can lay up to 500 eggs! v Some butterflies have a wing span of 11 inches! v There are 700 species in North America! v People who study butterflies are called Lepidopterist!

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