Ms. Ferguson

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welcome

• Ms. Ferguson
• Leif Ericson Scholastic Academy
• 1st room 103

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Table of Contents

• Letter to parents
• Label the butterfly Life Cycle Diagram
• Label the Butterfly
• Butterfly anatomy and life cycle
• Make a Butterfly coloring book
• Rubric
• State Goals and Objectives
• Resources

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Letter to Parents

• Dear Parents,
• This week our class will be discussing
  butterflies. The children will be introduced to
  butterflies kept as pets and butterflies in the
  wild. In addition they will discover the unique
  body parts of butterflies.
• At school this week
• Some of the activities planned for the unit on
  butterflies include
• Observing how the capillary grows into a
  butterfly.
• Visiting various web-sites on butterflies
• Creating a collage with pictures of different
  kinds of butterflies.
• Making a butterfly coloring book
• At home
• Whether you live in the city or country,
  chances are there are butterfly nearby. The
  following game may be fun to play with your
  child. Set an egg or kitchen timer for three to
  five minutes. Then look out the window and see
  how many butterflies you can see. For each
  butterfly, drop a button in a jar. When the timer
  goes off, count how many buttons are in the jar.
  This game will strengthen your childs
  observation skills and increase his understanding
  of number concepts. Variations of this game would
  be to observe for cars, squirrels, or any other
  object that can be counted.
• Happy butterfly watching!

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Label the ButterflyLife Cycle Diagram

• Butterfly Life Cycle Printout to Color Butterfly
  Label Me! Printout
• Butterflies undergo complete metamorphosis. The
  larva (caterpillar) hatches from an egg that the
  female usually lays on the underside of leaves.
  After growing, it enters the seemingly inactive
  pupal phase during which it forms a protective
  chrysalis and metamorphoses into a winged insect
  - the adult butterfly. After mating, the female
  lays eggs and the cycle begins again. Read the
  definitions below, then label the butterfly life
  cycle diagram.
• C\Documents and Settings\lab306\My Documents\My
  Pictures\label.gif
• Click butterfly or link

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Label the ButterflyLife Cycle Diagram

• adult - the winged adult which will mate and
  reproduce. Adults do not eat, they only sip
  liquids through a straw-like proboscis.larva -
  (also called the caterpillar) this stage hatches
  from the egg. The larva spends its time eating,
  growing and molting (shedding its outgrown
  exoskeleton).pupa - the stage in a butterfly's
  life when it is encased in a chrysalis and
  undergoes metamorphosis into the adult, winged
  form.egg - the tiny orb laid by a female
  butterfly. Eggs are usually laid on the underside
  of leaves - they hatch into larvae.

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Label the Butterfly

• Read the definitions, then label the diagram
  below.
• Definitions Abdomen - The abdomen is the
  segmented tail area of an insect that contains
  the heart, Malpighian tubules, reproductive
  organs, and most of the digestive system. Antenna
  - An antenna is a sensory appendage that is
  attached to the head of adult insects. Antennae
  are used for the sense of smell and balance.
  Butterflies have two antennae with clubs at the
  end.
• Compound Eye - Insect compound eyes are made up
  of many hexagonal lenses. Fore wing - The fore
  wings are the two upper wings. Head - The head is
  the part of the insect that contains the brain,
  two compound eyes, the proboscis, and the pharynx
  (the start of the digestive system). The two
  antennae are attached to the head. Hind wing -
  The hind wings are the two lower wings.
• Leg - All adult butterflies have six legs. The
  two forelegs of some butterfly species are tiny.
  Proboscis - Adult butterflies sip nectar and
  other liquids using a spiral, straw-like
  proboscis located on their head. Thorax - The
  thorax is the body section between the head and
  the abdomen. The legs and wings attach to the
  thorax.

Click picture
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Butterfly Anatomy and Life Cycle

• Cloze ActivityFill in the blanks below using
  words from the word bank.
• Butterflies are beautiful, flying
  ___________________ that have large scaly wings.
  Like all insects, they have ___________________
  jointed legs, 3 body parts, a pair of antennae,
  compound __________________, and an exoskeleton.
  The three body parts are the head, thorax (the
  ___________________), and abdomen (the tail end).
  The butterfly's body is covered by tiny sensory
  hairs. The four wings and the six legs of the
  butterfly are attached to the thorax. The thorax
  contains the muscles that make the legs and wings
  move.
• Butterflies and moths undergo complete
  ___________________ in which they go through four
  different life stages.
• Egg - A ___________________ starts its life as an
  egg, often laid on a ___________________.
• Larva - The larva (___________________) hatches
  from an ___________________ and eats leaves
  almost constantly. The caterpillar molts (loses
  its old ___________________) many times as it
  grows. The caterpillar will increase up to
  several thousand times in size before pupating.
• Pupa - It turns into a pupa (chrysalis) this is
  a resting stage.
• Adult - A beautiful, ___________________ adult
  emerges. This ___________________ will continue
  the cycle.

Word Bank Insects eyes leaf
flying adult butterfly caterpillar
egg chest skin
metamorphosis six
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Make a butterfly coloring book

• I would like for you to make a butterfly coloring
  book go to
• Pick at least three pages. Follow the directions
  on website and make the coloring book.
• Butterfly Coloring Book - EnchantedLearning.com

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Rubric For Assessing Butterfly Project
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State Goals and Objectives

• STATE GOAL 12
• HAVE A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL
  CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE LIFE, PHYSICAL,
  AND EARTH/SPACE SCIENCES AND THEIR CONNECTIONS.

CAS B. Understand effects of organisms on the
environment and some features that help them
survive and reproduce after a change in their
environment.
Identify factors that affect animal and plant
growth and reproduction (e.g., food, water,
sunlight, fertile soil). Compare plant and
animal adaptations to the changing seasons (e.g.,
dropping leaves, migration, growing thicker
coats).
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Resources

• EnchantedLearning.com