Butterfly Life Cycle:

Metamorphosis

Ms. Harrington Second grade

Science lesson #1 10/3/12

Learning Objectives:

Standard 2-1 Standard 2-2 Standard 2-4

The students should understand the butterfly metamorphosis

They should be able to observe and take notes as they watch the metamorphosis

Understand the characteristics of each step and why it happens

The Beginning:First, A tiny little egg is laid by a girl butterfly on a leaf or stem of a plant.

What is in this little egg?

A baby Caterpillar

A few days later…The egg stays on the leaf until it is ready to hatch

Look! It hatched! Now it is a caterpillar!

Chrysalis The Chrysalis is the

resting stage for the caterpillar.

The caterpillar creates this chrysalis by using silk like string that the caterpillar produces.

The caterpillar wraps itself in this chrysalis for a long period of time, until it is ready to come out.

Chrysalis

Final Stage:

The caterpillar is no longer a caterpillar, it is now ready to come out of its chrysalis and form into a

butterfly.

Here is a short video summarizing the stages of metamorphosis

Fun Facts about Butterflies

Butterflies fly between 5 and 30 miles per hour!

A butterfly can lay up to 500 eggs! Some butterflies have a wing span of 11

inches! There are 700 species in North America! People who study butterflies are called

Lepidopterist!

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