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Butterflies: Where do they come from?

Grade Level: Third Grade

Lesson Designer: Kathy Latham

Introduction: The purpose is to help the learner become a better observer of butterflies and the stages of the life cycle. The goal is that the learner will learn about what kind of plants butterflies and caterpillars need. After this unit is completed, hopefully students will want to make their own container butterfly garden.

Duration of project: Two weeks

Statement of the problem: Butterflies are beautiful insects that we enjoy. We want to discover ways to keep them in our environment. What will you do to help?

Scaffolding: Have books and magazines in the room on butterflies, caterpillars, and container gardens.

Assessment: KWL Chart - 20 points

PowerPoint - 20 points

Poem - 20 points

Tennessee State Curriculum Standards: Life Science

Interactions Between Living Things and Their Environment::

3.2.3 Examine interrelationships among plants, animals, and their environment

Explain how plants and animals depend upon each other and the non-living elements of an environment to meet basic needs.

Food Production and Energy for Life:

3.3.1 Recognize the basic requirements of all living things.

Explain how animals depend on plants to meet their need for energy

Heredity and Reproduction:

3.4.3 Recognize that the appearance of plants and animals changes as they mature.

Describe how an organism (e.g., frog, butterfly) changes as it matures.

Activities:

1. Click on KWL chart to the right and put your name at the top. Fill in what you know (K) and what you want to know (W) about each of the four stages of the butterfly’s life cycle. Do not save your work, and do not close the KWL chart. Read about the four stages of the butterfly's life cycle by clicking on Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult to the right. After you finish reading these websites, complete the KWL chart by clicking again on KWL chart on the right and filling in what you learned (L). When you have finished, print your KWL chart. Then close the document but DO NOT SAVE.	KWL chart Egg Larva Pupa Adult KWL chart
2. This is a PowerPoint about butterfly gardens. Read the information by clicking on the boy trying to catch the butterfly.
3. Click on this picture of a book and buterfly and read directions for writing a poem.
Click on this butterfly to write your poem. Type your name first. When you finish your poem, print the poem, but don't save it.
4. Create a PowerPoint presentation by carefully following these directions to show what you have learned. Work in pairs. Open PowerPoint. Click on New icon or File - New. Format - Slide Design. Select a color/design. Save to a zip disk. Click in the top box on the slide. Enter your name. Highlight your name and change the font, bold. Save. Click on the New Slide icon in the toolbar. In the Text Layouts, select the Title and single bulleted list. Save. Click in the top box on the slide and type "Butterfly Project". Adjust the font. Save. Click in the bottom box. Type your first point by the first bullet. Enter. Type the second one. Enter. Type the third one. Save. Click on the New Slide icon. Under Slide Layout, scroll down the right side until you come to Text and Content Layouts. Select one of the layouts. Click in the top box on the slide and type what you want. Save. Click in the bottom left box. Type your first point by the first bullet. Enter. Type the second one. Enter. Type the third one. Save. Click in the right box and select the Insert Clip Art icon. Select a clip art. Click on Slide 1. Edit-Select All-Slide Show-Slide Transition. Save. Slide Show--Look at it. Click your way through your presentation.