Butterflies 3rd Grade Science

Monica Cardenas

Task

• Your task is to know the life cycle of a butterfly as well as its anatomy. You must include 3 additional facts that you find interesting.

• You can present your knowledge in a: power point, diorama, mini book, skit, or poster. BE CREATIVE! (Everyone will speak!)

• All group members are responsible for knowing ALL the information for this project.

EXTRA, EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

• Groups can receive extra credit by including additional info into their presentation (up to 10 extra points!)

Roles of Group Members

• Researcher: Looks up necessary information in order to complete the task

• Recorder: Prints out necessary papers and writes down the information that the researcher finds; recorder must double check to make sure the info that’s being received is accurate/useful

• Artist: Organizes info received from recorder in preparation for presentation

Researcher

–Read• What is a butterfly?• Life Cycle•Butterfly Anatomy•Butterfly Species

Recorder

–Print/Fill out•Life Cycle (Label)•Butterfly Anatomy (Label)

Artist

– Sketch a rough draft of presentation• Ideas for presentation

–Complete final draft–Decide roles for presentation • Someone talks about: anatomy/life cycle/3

interesting facts

Rubric

Citation• Slide 1 Image:

http://sotinpc.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/native-butterflies-in-south-florida-are-now-extinct/

• All hyperlinks on slide 5,6,7 came from: http://www.zoomdinosaurs.com/subjects/butterfly/index.shtml

• Slide 5 Image: http://patstuam.ie/mslally/?p=30• Slide 6 Image:

http://www.superbwallpapers.com/animals/monarch-butterflies-9742/#• Slide 7 Image:

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/08/butterflies-heading-north/

• Slide 8: http://rubistar.4teachers.org