Subject Science Grade Level First Grade Designer Sarah Patterson Lesson Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Welcome to the life cycle of a butterfly! You will witness the changes a caterpillar goes through to become a beautiful butterfly. Introduction to Life Cycle of a Butterfly There are many kinds of butterflies! The pictures and information in this PowerPoint are based on the life of a Monarch butterfly!
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Lesson 1-Egg of a Butterfly Lesson 2-Caterpillar Lesson 3-Pupa Lesson 4-Butterfly Main Menu Home How much did you learn? Take the life cycle quiz Question 1Question 2Question 3Question 4
Lesson 1-Egg of a Butterfly The mother butterfly lays an egg on a leaf or plant.
She lays the egg by a plant so her larva (baby caterpillar) will have something to eat after it hatches. Lesson 1-Egg of a Butterfly
When hatching, the larva eat their shell. It gives them energy to grow and find more food. They need to get ready for their next stage of life. Lesson 1-Egg of a Butterfly
End of Lesson 1-Egg of a Butterfly GOOD WORK! You have just finished lesson one. Can you believe the larva eat their own egg? Yuck! Please move on to lesson 2 on caterpillars.
Lesson 2-Caterpillar The newborn caterpillar will spend from two weeks to one month…
Eating. And eating. AND EATING! Lesson 2-Caterpillar
Caterpillars eat mostly the leaves of flowering plants and trees. They use their powerful jaws called mandibles.
Lesson 2-Caterpillar During this life stage, the caterpillar can grow in size up to 30,000 times. Can you believe that?
Here is a caterpillar that has just molted. Since caterpillars grow so fast and so much in this stage, they need to shed their skin, or molt. They molt four to five times as they grow. Lesson 2-Caterpillar
When the caterpillar is nice and fat, it stops eating. It is getting ready for the next stage in its life.
End of Lesson 2 Caterpillar GOOD WORK! You have just finished lesson two. Caterpillars sure do love to eat! Please move on to lesson 3 about the pupa.
Lesson 3 Pupa The caterpillar goes in search for a nice place to attach itself to a leaf or a twig. The caterpillar is getting ready for its third stage of life, the pupa.
Lesson 3 Pupa The caterpillar attaches itself to a twig or leaf by making a little pad of silk. What shape do you think it makes when it is ready to make a chrysalis? Look at the picture to help. Choose a letter below. g b jgbj
Lesson 3 Pupa Oops! It is not the letter b. Try again. Think of your abc chart. Click here Click here to try again.
Lesson 3 Pupa Oops! It is not the letter g. Try again. Think of your abc chart. Click here Click here to try again.
Lesson 3 Pupa That is right! It makes the letter J shape. Good for you! Let’s keep learning. Click here Click here to go back to learning about the pupa.
Lesson 3 Pupa The caterpillar’s skin splits one more time, it is now in the pupa stage. Underneath the skin is the chrysalis.
Lesson 3 Pupa Metamorphosis is taking place inside this chrysalis. The caterpillar is changing everything to become a butterfly. The wings, legs, and body are formed inside this chrysalis.
Lesson 3 Pupa The pupa stage continues from a few days up to a few months for some butterflies. The Monarch butterfly stays in its chrysalis from 10 to 14 days.
Lesson 3 Pupa One day before the butterfly is ready to come out, the chrysalis becomes transparent or clear enough to see through. It is now ready for its next stage.
End of Lesson 3 Pupa GOOD WORK! You have just finished lesson three. Please move on to lesson 4 on the butterfly. You are so close to seeing a full grown butterfly.
Lesson 4 Butterfly The butterfly is ready to come out of its chrysalis! Now here comes the hard work. It wiggles… It wobbles… It works to get…
Lesson 4 Butterfly Free at last!
Lesson 4 Butterfly When a butterfly emerges from its chrysalis, a red fluid is noticed. This red fluid is meconium. Meconium is the waste that builds up as the butterfly was forming in the chrysalis. Don’t worry, the butterfly is not hurt!
Lesson 4 Butterfly The butterflies wings are wet and wrinkled. They begin to pump fluid into its wings. The butterfly has been through a lot. It is time for it to sit and rest; it needs its wings to dry out.
Lesson 4 Butterfly It can only eat liquids. It does this through its proboscis, or “tongue.”
The butterfly does not grow anymore. Its life cycle is almost over. It has just one more thing to do. Can you guess what it is? Lesson 4 Butterfly Lay an egg! The cycle starts all over again!
End of Lesson 4 Butterfly GOOD WORK! You have just finished lesson 4. Go home to see how much you have learned.
How much did you learn? Find out how much you have learned. You will be asked one question from each lesson. Good luck. I am sure you’ll flutter right through it.
How much did you learn? What does the larva (baby caterpillar) eat to get stronger? A). Grass B). Its egg C). Nectar Question 1
How much did you learn? A). Grass Oops! Larva do not eat grass. Click to review. Click to try again.
How much did you learn? C). Nectar Oops! Larva do not eat nectar. Click to review. Click to try again.
How much did you learn? B). Its egg You did it! Larva eat their own egg for energy. Click here to see that slide.
How much did you learn? What does the caterpillar spend its time doing? A). Moving B). Flying C). Eating Question 2
How much did you learn? A). Moving Oops! Caterpillars do not spend most of their time moving. Click to review. Click to try again.
How much did you learn? B). Flying Oops! Caterpillars cannot fly yet. Click to review. Click to try again.
How much did you learn? C). Eating You did it! Caterpillars spend their time eating. Click here to see that slide.
How much did you learn? What shape does the caterpillar make when it is ready to make a chrysalis? A). J B). G C). L Question 3
How much did you learn? C). J You did it! Caterpillars make the letter J. Click here to see that slide.
How much did you learn? B). G Oops! Caterpillars do not make the letter G. Click to review. Click to try again.
How much did you learn? C). L Oops! Caterpillars do not make the letter L. Click to review. Click to try again.
How much did you learn? What is the correct life cycle of a butterfly? A). Egg, pupa, butterfly, caterpillar B). Egg, caterpillar, pupa, butterfly C). Egg, pupa, caterpillar, butterfly Question 4
How much did you learn? C). Egg, pupa, caterpillar, butterfly Oops! Try again! Click to review. Click to try again.
How much did you learn? A). Egg, pupa, butterfly, caterpillar Oops! Try again! Click to review. Click to try again.
How much did you learn? B). Egg, caterpillar, pupa, butterfly You did it! That is the correct life cycle. Click here to see that slide.
Super job! You are done! I hope you enjoyed going through the life cycle of a butterfly. Please click the button so the next student can learn about a butterfly.
Lesson 4 Butterfly Check out more pictures. Click here.Click here