The Life Cycle of Butterflies

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1 The Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Booklet Student Name

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3 Lesson 1 K now Draw a picture of what you think a caterpillar looks like. Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 3 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

4 Lesson 1 K now Draw a picture to show how you think a caterpillar changes during its life. Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 4 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

5 Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Fill in your calendar. Mark when you receive your caterpillar. Keep track of its growth and development into a butterfly. Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 5 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

6 Fill in your calendar. Mark when you receive your caterpillar. Keep track of its growth and development into a butterfly. Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 6 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Calendar

7 Lesson 2 Activity Sheet 1 Caterpillar Food Write the date the caterpillars arrived: Look closely at the caterpillar's food. Then describe the caterpillar food using your senses of touch, smell, and sight. Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 7 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

8 Lesson 3 Activity Sheet 2 Taking Care of My Caterpillar Take good care of your caterpillar. Do not turn its cup upside down. Do not drop your caterpillar. Do not let the caterpillar get too hot or too cold. Your caterpillar needs food, water, and air. What does the caterpillar eat? How does the caterpillar get water? How does the caterpillar get air? Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 8 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

9 Observing My Caterpillar Lesson 4 Activity Sheet 3 A caterpillar has many parts. Each part helps the caterpillar. The special legs help it move and hold onto leaves. The special mouth is perfect for eating leaves. The bristles make it hard for a bird to swallow a caterpillar. Can you label the caterpillar? Look at the number next to each part. Then put the correct number in each box. 1. Jointed legs 2. Prolegs 3. Head 4. Eyes 5. Mouth 6. Bristles 7. Antennae Write the letter of the caterpillar part next to what the part does. A. Mouth Keep birds from eating it and protects from sunburn. B. Eye Chews food and spins silk. C. Bristles Look for food. D. Legs Help the caterpillar move.. Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 9 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

10 Lesson 5 Activity Sheet 4 My Caterpillar and Me In some ways, you are like your caterpillar. In other ways, you are very different. How many do you have? Legs Eyes Mouth Head How many of these does the caterpillar have? Legs Eyes Mouth Head When you grow, your skin grows with you. A caterpillar s skin does not grow. How does the caterpillar get bigger? Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 10 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

11 Lesson 6 Activity Sheet 5 My Caterpillar and Its Silk When a caterpillar moves its head from side to side, it is spinning silk. Look at the silk with a hand lens. See how the threads cross each other. Draw a picture of the silken threads. Why does a caterpillar need to spin silk? Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 11 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

12 Lesson 7 Activity Sheet 6 What Happens to the Caterpillar? The caterpillar will crawl to the top of the cup and spin a strong silk button. Then it will hang upside down from the button. It will hang in a J-shape. Draw your caterpillar hanging in a J-shape. Next, the skin splits along the caterpillar's back. After the last molt, you will see the chrysalis. Soon the chrysalis will become hard. Then it is time for you to put your chrysalis in a new cage. Write the date when the chrysalis appeared: Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 12 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

13 Draw a caterpillar. Label all its parts. Lesson 7 Activity Sheet 6 Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 13 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

14 Lesson 8 Activity Sheet 7 Observing the Chrysalis Use your hand lens to observe a chrysalis. Draw what you see. Did you see these parts? Check them off if you did. Eye Antennae _Proboscis Wing Abdomen Did you see a chrysalis color change? Tell what you observed. Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 14 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

15 The Life Cycle of a Butterfly Lesson 9 Activity Sheet 8 Write the date the butterflies emerged: 1. Color the pictures of the butterfly's life on the next page. 2. Cut out the pictures you colored. 3. Paste the pictures in the correct order below to show the butterfly's life Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 15 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

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17 Lesson 9 Activity Sheet 8 Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 17 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

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19 Butterflies Need Food Lesson 10 Activity Sheet 9 The butterflies will want to eat. They will stand on the sponge and drink the sugar water. The sponge will get dry. Add more sugar water to the sponge every day. What will the butterflies eat outside? The butterfly has a long tube for a mouth. The tube is called a proboscis. Draw the proboscis on this butterfly. Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 19 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

20 Lesson 11 Activity Sheet 10 My Butterfly and Me Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 20 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

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22 Lesson 12 Releasing the Butterflies Use this page to write about releasing the butterflies. Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 22 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

23 Lesson 13 Activity Sheet 11 From Caterpillar to Butterfly Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 23 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

24 Lesson 14 Activity Sheet 12 Are Butterflies Insects? Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 24 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

25 Lesson 15 Activity Sheet 12 Draw and label the life cycle of another plant or animal. Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 25 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

26 Appendix B Gr. 2 Life Cycle of Butterflies Student Book 26 Mesa Public Schools Mesa, AZ

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36 This NSRC/STC unit is reprinted with permission from NSRC National Science Resources Center STC Science & Technology for Children Revised 2005, Sept.2006 Science, Social Sciences & World Languages Department MESA PUBLIC SCHOOLS Mesa, Arizona