1. Life Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly How does a little egg become a butterfly?

2. Unit Summary The student will be able to draw and name the 4 stages of the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. They will learn how the insect sustains itself through each part of the cycle.

3.  Are we like butterflies? Essential Question

4. Unit Questions  What is a life cycle?  Do we go through changes like a butterfly?  What do butterflies do when the weather gets cold?  What is a life cycle?  Do we go through changes like a butterfly?  What do butterflies do when the weather gets cold?

5. Content Questions 1. What are the four stages of the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly? 2. What does a Monarch caterpillar eat? 3. What does a Monarch butterfly eat? 1. What are the four stages of the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly? 2. What does a Monarch caterpillar eat? 3. What does a Monarch butterfly eat?

6. Gauging Students Needs Assessment  Use a Know-Wonder-Learn (K-W-L) Chart to find out what students know about the Monarch life cycle, what they want to know, and finally what they have learned.