The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

• Ms. Drakes 3rd Grade Class

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Essential Question

• How does an egg become a beautiful butterfly?

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Students will learn..

• How the cycle begins
• All about the Egg Where it is laid, who lays it
  and what emerges from it
• What caterpillars eat
• The duration of each stage
• What happens during the pupa stage
• How the cycle ends

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Activities

• Word Search with words pertaining to butterflies
  http//www.abcteach.com/free/members/15791.pdf
• Color Pages illustrating the stages of
  development http//www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_
  butterfly.htm
• Paper Craft
• Draw, Color, Label the life cycle of
  butterflies

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Color Page
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Color Pages
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Heart Butterfly Paper Craft
Directions
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http//www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/mbutterfly
.htm
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TEKS

• 112.5. Science, Grade 3.
• Introduction.
• (8) Science concepts. The student knows that
  living organisms need food, water, light, air, a
  way to dispose of waste, and an environment in
  which to live. The student is expected to
• (A) observe and describe the habitats of
  organisms within an ecosystem
• (B) observe and identify organisms with similar
  needs that compete with one another for resources
  such as oxygen, water, food, or space
• (C) describe environmental changes in which some
  organisms would thrive, become ill, or perish
  and
• (D) describe how living organisms modify their
  physical environment to meet their needs such as
  beavers building a dam or humans building a home.
  
• (9) Science concepts. The student knows that
  species have different adaptations that help them
  survive and reproduce in their environment. The
  student is expected to
• (A) observe and identify characteristics among
  species that allow each to survive and reproduce
  and
• (B) analyze how adaptive characteristics help
  individuals within a species to survive and
  reproduce.
• (10) Science concepts. The student knows that
  many likenesses between offspring and parents are
  inherited from the parents. The student is
  expected to
• (A) identify some inherited traits of plants and
  
• (B) identify some inherited traits of animals.

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References

• http//www.ansp.org/museum/butterflies/life_cycle.
  php
• http//www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.ht
  m
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/grade/Second_Grade
  .pdf

By Amity Drake