Second graders follow a butterfly through its amazing change, from a tiny egg to a caterpillar, a chrysalis, and a winged adult, and put the stages of metamorphosis in order.
Students will be able to…
A caterpillar and a butterfly look nothing alike, yet they are the same animal. How does a butterfly change as it grows?
Project this and put the butterfly life cycle in order — tap each stage from the egg to the adult butterfly.
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A caterpillar and a butterfly look nothing alike, yet they are the same animal. How does a butterfly change so much as it grows?
Students put the butterfly stages in order.
Students describe each stage.
Students draw the cycle.
Students reflect on the life cycle.
Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core literacy. State-standard crosswalks available on request.
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles.
Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life.
Developing and using models to describe phenomena.
Describe the connection between a series of events or steps.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students draw a four-part circle, draw each stage, and label them in order, so the life cycle becomes something they can picture. A printable butterfly life-cycle worksheet is in the Science library.
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