Age: Grades 3 - 5
Discuss
- How many types of butterflies and moths are there in this world? Just a few? Thousands?
- Name the three main body parts of a butterfly. Answer: head, thorax, abdomen
- How many legs does a butterfly have? How many are used for walking? What is important about the butterfly's feet?
- How does a butterfly eat? What does it like to eat?
- Describe a butterflies wings. How do they work? What happens if a butterfly gets too cold to fly?
- Do all butterflies migrate?
- How do butterflies mate?
- Once the caterpillar hatches from the egg, what comes next?
- What is frass?
- Describe molting. How many time will a caterpillar molt before it is full grown?
- How do different caterpillars survive into adulthood? Camouflage? Calls for help?
- Metamorphosis takes a lot of work! Tell me, how does a caterpillar finally change into a butterfly?
- Name some threats to the butterfly. Some butterflies are endangered or extinct...what does that mean? What can you do to provide a supportive and beautiful environment for butterflies where you live?
- Hands on Pollination Activity.
- Footprint butterfly wall canvas.
- Look at and review the monarch butterfly life cycle wheel.
- Play butterfly camouflage. Visit this link for details.
- Butterfly life cycle worksheet.
- Play games with these FREE butterfly life cycle flashcards.
- Before and after matching game. See if they can match the caterpillar to the correct butterfly.
- Make a butterfly sun catcher.
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