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The Life Cycle of a

Butterfly

A WebQuest for 2^nd Grade Science

Made by

Maryanne Vaz

mvaz@losbanosusd.k12.ca.us

Lorena Falasco Elementary

Los Banos, CA

Introduction

Do you know how butterflies grow and change? Do you know the body parts that make up the butterfly and what they do?

In this WebQuest you and your partner will learn about the life cycle of butterflies. You will use the Internet to discover amazing information about the four life cycle stages of a butterfly:

· egg or larvae

· caterpillar

· chrysalis or pupa

· adult or butterfly

You will also use the Internet to label the body parts of a butterfly.

The Task

After observing a real butterfly and models of the butterfly life cycle, we will start a KWL chart on what you already know about butterflies, and listen to stories about butterflies. You and your partner will learn more about butterflies by visiting web sites. You will learn about the life cycle stages and the body parts that make up a butterfly.

Your job will be to label the four life cycle stages of a butterfly, label the body parts of a butterfly, and write about what you have learned.

The Process

1. Together we will fill out what you want to know about butterflies on the KWL chart. We will also read aloud stories about butterflies before starting the WebQuest.

2. You will be assigned a partner to work with at your computer. It is important that you work cooperatively together and share your ideas.

3. You and your partner will look at different websites to see pictures of the life cycle of the butterfly and its body parts.

4. You and your partner will put pictures of the life cycle stages of a butterfly in the correct order and label the stages on a worksheet.

5. You and your partner will label the body parts of a butterfly on a worksheet.

6. Discuss with your partner what you have learned about the butterfly. Write in complete sentences about the 4 life cycle stages of a butterfly. Write about the body parts that make up a butterfly.

Task #1: You and your partner will visit the following 3 Web Sites below to gather more information on butterflies:

http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/jackhulland/projects/butterflies/index.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterflies/

http://www.billybear4kids.com/butterfly/flutter-fun.html

See the life cycle stages of a butterfly and the body parts that make up a butterfly.

Task #2: Visit the following Web Site: http://schoolnet.gov.mt/butterflies/Project%20Activities.html\

Put the pictures of the stages of a butterfly in correct order on a worksheet. Print out worksheets 1a and 1c

Task #3: Visit the following Web Site: http://schoolnet.gov.mt/butterflies/Project%20Activities.html\

Label the parts of a butterfly on a worksheet. Print out worksheet 1b.

Task #4: What have you learned about butterflies?

· How many stages do butterflies have?

· What are the names of the stages?

· How do they change as they grow?

· Name some body parts of a butterfly.

Write 4 complete sentences telling what you have learned.

Evaluation

This rubric will show how well you and your partner worked together to complete each task.

	Minimum Effort 1	Satisfactory 2	Excellent 3	Score
My partner and I worked cooperatively together.	My partner and I did not work well with one another and share ideas.	My partner and I worked well sometimes and shared ideas.	My partner and I worked well and shared our ideas.
Name the Butterfly Stages	My partner and I cannot name the 4 stages of the butterfly.	My partner and I can name some of the 4 stages of the butterfly.	My partner and I can name all 4 stages of the butterfly.
Labeling the Butterfly Body Parts	My partner and I cannot label the body parts of the butterfly.	My partner and I can label some of the body parts of the butterfly.	My partner and I can name all the body parts of the butterfly.
My partner and I wrote about what we learned.	My partner and I had less than 3 sentences and our sentences were not complete.	My partner and I had 4 sentences but they were not complete.	My partner and I had 4 complete sentences.

Conclusion

You and your partner have learned about the life cycle stages of a butterfly and the body parts that make up a butterfly. You also learned how to use the internet to look up information. Let’s fill out the last column of our KWL chart as a class. What have we learned about butterflies?

I hope you all enjoyed learning about butterflies!

Credits & References

If you would like to learn more about butterflies, you can find the following books in our library:

Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons

The Butterfly House by Eve Bunting

Are You a Butterfly? by Judy Allen

From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman

Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe

The Butterfly Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallota

Butterfly Story by Anea Hariton