The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Introduction
All living things have a life cycle.  During some animal's life cycle, there isn't much change.  A butterfly is an animal that changes many times.  A butterfly changes many times.  A butterfly changes four times or has four stages of life.  This WebQuest will help you discover the four stages of a butterfly's life.

Task
You are going to research the life cycle of a butterfly at the websites below.  Fill in the Life Cycle Butterfly Fact Sheet as you look at the websites.   Draw or glue the four stages of a butterfly's life to create a Life Cycle of the Butterfly poster.  Create a Power Point slide show to explain how butterflies grow and change.

Process
1.  Go to each website and review the material.
2.  Draw or glue the pictures of the stages of the life cycle of a butterfly.
3.  Fill in the blanks on the fact sheet.
4.  Create a Power Point slide show which explains how a butterfly grows in stages.

Resources
The Butterfly's Life Cycle  There is a neat activity here that explains how to make a butterfly.  You may browse through this.  But, you will need to scroll down through the website to locate the information you need on the Life Cycle.
Stages of a butterfly's life
Kids explain each stage of the life cycle of a butterfly.

Learning Advice
Draw or glue the four stages of a butterfly's life in the right order.   Complete the blank sentences on the Fact Sheet.  Please follow the fact sheet to locate the right words on the website.  When you are finished with the sentences double check your answers.  Make sure you keep these two sheets.

Evaluation
 
Have all facts correctly answered with words from the website.
Have the four stages of a butterfly in the proper order.

Incorrectly answered one statement on the fact sheet
Have the four stages in the proper order

Incorrectly answered more than one statement
Have the stages out of order

Conclusion
After you complete this activity you will be able to identify each of the stages of the life cycle of a butterfly.  You will also be able to give one fact about each stage.

Standards
After you complete this activity you will have given children experiences with the following Fayette County Standards.

T4.4.2    Access and navigate web sites
T4.4.2.3    Hyperlinks
T4.4.4    Use various web browsers
T4.4.4.1    To navigate the World Wide Web
T4.5       Navigate within an operating system
T4.5.1        Identify and use pointers such as arrow, hand or I-beam
T4.5.2        Use mouse (double click, right click, drag, etc.)
T4.5.3        Open, close and use application
T4.5.3.2      Scan for information within an Internet document
T6.5        Create a presentation or product using application software

Created by Jamee Sowder, K-1 Teacher at Clays Mill Elementary