Laura Hernandez

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Laura Hernandez

• Creativity and Butterflies
• Grade level 2-5

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What do you think a butterfly is?

• Is it a moth?
• What are the differences between them?
• How are butterflies formed?
• What is their defense mechanism?

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Activity 1 Hand print butterfly craft

• Trace your hand six times on pieces of
  construction paper
• Trace the body of the butterfly
• Glue three tracings on each side of body
• Create the antennae's
• Staple or tape the antennaes and then decorate.

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The structure of a butterfly

• Like all insects they have 3 parts
• Describe each of these functions below.

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Life cycle

• The process of the butterflies growth
• Egg
• Larva
• Pupa
• Adult

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Quiz 1

• Label the diagram

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What do they eat?

• Where do you usually see butterflies?
• List a few places you have seen them
• What do you think they eat?
• what are aphids
• How do they eat?
• what is a proboscis

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• Questions
• 1. Is a butterfly an insect, a mammal, or a
  reptile?______________ 2. Do insects have an
  internal skeleton or an exoskeleton? ____________
  3. How many parts is a butterfly's body
  divided into?_______________________ 4. What
  do most caterpillars eat?___________ 5. What
  do most butterflies eat?_______________________
  6. How many stages are there in a butterfly's
  life cycle?_______________ 7. Are butterflies
  found in very cold places?__________________

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Answers

• Insect
• Exoskeleton
• Three
• Leaves
• Flower nectar
• Four
• No

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Classification

• Butterflies belong to the order Lepidoptera.
• Lepidos is Greek for "scales" and ptera means
  "wing".
• It is estimated that there are about 150,000
  different species of butterflies.
• There are about 28,000 butterfly species
  worldwide, the rest are moths.

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Defense Mechanism

• Caterpillars and butterflies depending on their
  classification can use
• Poison
• Camouflage
• Eyespots
• Bad smells
• Hiding

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Overview

• What do butterflies start out as?
• What do they eat at the beginning of their lives?
• What is one of their defense mechanisms?
• How do they reproduce?
• What are butterflies classified under?

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Helpful websites

• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/butterfly/
  lifecyclemobile/
• http//www.butterflies.com/guide.htm