2. By: Taylor Duley

3.  Objectives: Given the information about orb-web spiders, students will be able to define what an orb-web spider is, why they build a web, and how they build their web, with 100% accuracy. Given the information on the life cycle of the “American Lady” butterfly, students will be able to identify the characteristics and the four stages of the butterfly, with 100% accuracy.  Environment: Individually, at a computer, with headphones available, where talking is allowed.  Audience: Grades 1 st -2 nd, students who can and can’t read full sentences. Middle-class suburban community.  Students will be quizzed at the end.

4.  Back  Next  Quiz  Main Menu Q

5. Main Menu: Click a box Learn about spiders Learn about butterflies Quick Butterfly Questions Quiz! Quick Spider Questions Q

6. Alex the ant will help guide you along the way.

7. Orb-web spiders Pay attention, there will be a quiz at the end!

8. Alex the ant will help guide you along the way.

9. American lady butterflies Pay attention, there will be a quiz at the end!

10.  What are they? They are spiders that build their web in a circle.

11.  Why do they build a web? They build a web to trap bugs for food.

12.  What kind of bugs do they trap? They trap flies, moths, butterflies, and other insects.

13. More about orb-web spiders!

14.  How do they build their web ? With 6 steps. 1. One thick silk line. 2. “Y” shape with 3 silk lines. 3. Make outside silk lines. 12 3

15.  More steps… 4. Silk lines going from the middle to the outside. 5. Spins a dry spiral starting in the middle. 6. Goes the other way and spins a sticky spiral. 45 6

16. True or False? Orb-web spiders spin their web in the shape of a triangle.

19. It takes an orb-web spider 6 steps to build it’s web. True or False?

20. Go back to the web pictures if you are stuck.

22. Orb-web spiders catch people in their webs. True or False?

25.  FUN FACT! Spiders are NOT insects. They are animals because they have 8 legs.

26.  What does the American Lady butterfly look like ? A butterfly that has brown, yellow, and orange patterns on the top corners of the wings.

27.  The American Lady butterfly mostly eats flower nectar.  Nectar is sugary - liquid made from plants.  Just like the sugar we eat!

28.  Their favorite flower is the Aster flower (like in the pictures).

30. The four stages of the butterfly life cycle: 1. The butterfly lays an egg. 2. A caterpillar hatches from the egg. 1 2

31. 3. The caterpillar turns into a cocoon. 4. After some time, the adult butterfly hatches from the cocoon. 3 4

32. Nectar is a sugary-liquid butterflies eat. True or False?

33. Remember, it’s what humans like too!

35. There are 6 steps in the life cycle of a butterfly. True or False?

36. Hint: spiders have a 6 step way of doing something, not butterflies.

37. Butterflies have 4 stages in their life cycle.

38.  FUN FACT! Butterflies do NOT have lungs like we do.

40. What do spiders trap in their web? A. Monkeys Monkeys B. Pencils Pencils C. Flies Flies

43. What spider did you learn about? A. The Daddy Long Leg The Daddy Long Leg B. The Orb-Web The Orb-Web C. The Baby The Baby

46. The first stage in the butterfly life cycle is.. A. Eating Eating B. Running Running C. Laying an egg Laying an egg

49. What butterfly did you learn about? A. Dragonfly Dragonfly B. Beautiful Beautiful C. American Lady American Lady

52. In order to make a web, does the Orb- Web spider need 2 things to connect his web to? A. Yes Yes B. No No

55. The Or-Web spider is known for spinning its web in what shape ? A. Rectangle Rectangle B. Circle Circle C. Square Square

58. The American Lady butterfly is mostly what color? A. Black Black B. Hot pink Hot pink C. Orange Orange

61. If you scored an 8 or higher congrats! If you scored below an 8 go back and review!

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