The Life Cycle of a ButterflyChelsea Peavy

2nd Grade Science

GPS S2L1. Students will investigate the life cycles of different living organisms.

Objectives

Students will learn the four stages of a butterfly’s life cycle:

• The First Stage: The Egg

• The Second Stage: The Larva (Caterpillar)

• The Third Stage: Pupa (Chrysalis)

• The Fourth Stage: Adult Butterfly

Demonstrate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8sAHQYvVf0

Vocabulary

Egg- A round or oval mass from which young animals hatch.

Larva- The stage early in an insect’s life when it looks like a worm.

Pupa- A stage in the lifecycle of certain insects when the larva is changing into an adult.

Chrysalis- The inactive stage in the development of a butterfly or moth during which the larva is enclosed in a tough case from which a fully developed adult eventually emerges.

Adult- A fully grown person, animal or plant.

Activities

This is a computer game where the children drag the correct stage of the butterfly to the order in which it happens. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life_cycle/butterfly_lifecycle.htm

This is an example of a SmartBoard activity that can be used in this lesson. Students will drag the picture to the matching word.

Assessment

• To assess the students over the Life Cycle of a Butterfly, I would get them to draw a picture of the steps in order and ask them to explain it to me. The activity would be similar to the one below.