Resources Needed:
Students will need access to a computer connected to the internet.
Your task is the complete at least four of the activities
below.
Read the poem titled Caterpillar by Lillian Vabada
Caterpillar
Fuzzy, wuzzy, creepy crawly 
Caterpillar funny
You will be a butterfly 
When the days are sunny.
Wiggling, flinging, dancing, springing
Butterfly so yellow,
You were once a caterpillar,
Wriggly, wiggly, fellow.
by Lillian Vabada
A. Read the poem and write down all rhyming words
from
the poem below.
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5.
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B. Create an acrostic poem using the beginning
letters of the words
butterfly.
B
U
T
T
E
R
F
L
Y
C. Life Cycle of a Butterfly Word Search.
Click
here to make your own word search using the vocabulary words below.
Print it out and trade with a friend.
BUTTERFLY
CATERPILLAR
CHRYSALIS
CYCLE
LARVA
LIFE
METAMORPHOSIS
PUPA
 Click
here to see the developmental stages of a butterfly close up
D. Using the letters only once in the word
METAMORPHOSIS,
how many words can you
make?
List your words on the table below.
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13. |
| 2. |
14. |
| 3. |
15. |
| 4. |
16. |
| 5. |
17. |
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16. |
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E. Vocabulary
l. caterpillar:
the larval stage of a butterfly or moth
2. chrysalis:
the hard shell covering the pupa; shaped like an upside down teardrop
3. larva:
the second stage of metamorphosis, during which an insect is wormlike
and has new wings
4. pupa:
the third stage of metamorphosis; encased by a chrysalis
5. metamorphosis:
a series of developmental stages often marked by body changes
Vocabulary information taken from http://www.scholastic.com/inschool/instructor/curriculum/science/science2.htm
Using the definitions above, draw a picture to match
the description.
Take a look at this site to help you with your drawings.
Click
here.
Click
here to learn about the life cycle of other plants and animals
Click
here to check out other sites on the circle of life
Did You Know?
l. Caterpillars change into butterflies.
2. The change is called metamorphosis.
3. Caterpillars grow out of their skin, molting.
4. Caterpillars will molt four or five times.
5. The last time a caterpillar molts, it grows a hard
shell - pupa.
6. Caterpillars stay inside the pupa for one week.
7. A butterfly can fly within two hours.
8. All butterflies have three pairs of legs.
Facts from a lesson created by Cara Wyko:
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/298LifeCycles.htm
F. Which ones of these images
is a close up of a butterfly?
Make your prediction on a sticky note.
Put your sticky note
on the graph.
Click
here to go to the site to check your answer
G. Using the information provided
from our class, make a bar graph of our predictions
using graph paper.
Please be sure to label your axes and color you graph.
H. Find the area of your caterpillar
using the square inch paper.
Enter the data on the
grid below.
How Much Has Your Caterpillar Grown?
Measurements Converter Java
Calculator
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growth in # of cm2 |
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I. Given the growth rate of
your caterpillar, how many cm2 will it be in day seven?
My prediction is___________inches. What
is the actual length________? Find the difference.
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