Life Cycle of the Butterfly

Activities created by Christy McBee Smith, Gordon County Public Schools, 2006

PowerPoint created by GDOE/Division of Exceptional Students

GPS Standards Addressed:S2L1 – Students will investigate the life cycles of different living organisms. a. Determine the sequence of the life cycle of common animals in your area: a mammal such as a cat or dog or classroom pet, a bird such as a chicken, an amphibian such as a frog, and an insect such as a butterfly.S2CS4 – Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters..b. Use a model – such as a toy or a picture – to describe a feature of the primary thing. S2CS5 – Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly.b. Draw pictures (grade level appropriate) that correctly portray features of the thing being described.

Stepwise Instructional Task WorksheetEarly Elementary Science Life Science:

Life Cycle of the Butterfly

Step 1 – The tiny white egg.

A female butterfly lays a tiny white egg.

The egg hatches into a caterpillar.

The caterpillar eats and eats. It grows big.

Step 2 – The caterpillar.

The caterpillar crawls on a tree branch or under a leaf.

The caterpillar changes. It becomes a chrysalis (or pupa).

Step 3 – The chrysalis.

Step 4 – The butterfly.

Soon a butterfly comes out of the chrysalis.

Butterflies fly free!