Life Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly How does a little egg become a butterfly?
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.
Are we like butterflies? Essential Question
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?
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?
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.