The Very Busy Butterfly 

The Mission

  Get prepared!! Work with your teacher to find information about butterflies on the Internet. Observe live butterflies, cocoons, and caterpillars in the classroom. Using this information, your group will design one poster showing the body parts of a butterfly and one poster showing the life cycle of a butterfly. Choose a host for your TV show (someone who will not have “butterflies in his/her stomach” when on camera!) Then LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!!  

The Process

Using the computer, the computer information tech and other team members find information and pictures of the caterpillar’s anatomy (body)

Using a computer, the computer information tech and other team members find information and pictures of the butterfly’s life cycle

The announcer and other team members will present an oral report about the body of the caterpillar

The announcer and other team members will present an oral report about the life cycle of the butterfly

The artist and other team members will use information and pictures gathered to create a poster board

Announcer:

(the person who will give the oral report)

Artist:

(the person who will layout the poster design)

Script Writer:

(the person who will write the report for the announcer)

Computer Information Tech

(the person who finds the information and pictures needed)

Manager:

(the person who makes sure everyone is hard at work and offers help when needed)

Caterpillar Anatomy http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/caterpillarprintout.shtml Butterfly’s Life Cycle http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/lifecycle.shtml

Resource information from Encyclopedia Brittanica

http://search.britannica.com/search?miid=1126233&query=caterpillar

Search Engine

http://www.askjeeves.com Type in “where can I find information about butterflies?”

“Caterpillar to Butterfly” This site has activities including matching, flash cards, concentration, and word search. The URL is http://www.quia.com/jg/218625.html