2. The Butterfly Cycle 2nd Grade Ms. Mijangos Lockwood Elementary 2nd Grade Ms. Mijangos Lockwood Elementary

3. How many types of butterflies are there? Can you name some? / There are many species of butterflies / Such as: / Monarch Butterfly / Buckeye Butterfly / Ulysses Butterfly / DogFace Butterfly / Cabbage White Butterfly / There are many species of butterflies / Such as: / Monarch Butterfly / Buckeye Butterfly / Ulysses Butterfly / DogFace Butterfly / Cabbage White Butterfly Monarch Butterfly

4. Important Vocabulary / caterpillar: when the larva has grown its full size / Chrysalis/pupa: the hard shell when the caterpillar is transforming / larva: wormlike creature / Transforming: changing / Molt: shedding / caterpillar: when the larva has grown its full size / Chrysalis/pupa: the hard shell when the caterpillar is transforming / larva: wormlike creature / Transforming: changing / Molt: shedding

5. The life cycle The life cycle / The butterfly like all animals have a life cycle. There are 5 stages of their development. Can you guess what the first stage is? /T/The butterfly like all animals have a life cycle. There are 5 stages of their development. Can you guess what the first stage is? Fun fact: Butterflies fly between 5 and 30 miles an hour.

6. First Stage / An adult female butterfly lays about 300-500 eggs on a leaf. Five days later the eggs hatch and the larva are born.

7. Second Stage / During this stage the larva eats the leaves around it so it can grow. / As it grows it molts it skin many times and becomes a caterpillar. / During this stage the larva eats the leaves around it so it can grow. / As it grows it molts it skin many times and becomes a caterpillar.

8. Third Stage / As the caterpillar grows it full size it hangs upside down on a branch. / As it hangs the caterpillar becomes a pupa/chrysalis / During this time the pupa is transforming into a butterfly / As the caterpillar grows it full size it hangs upside down on a branch. / As it hangs the caterpillar becomes a pupa/chrysalis / During this time the pupa is transforming into a butterfly

9. Fourth Stage / Two weeks later the butterfly breaks through the chrysalis as an adult. / The butterfly lays on the leave to dry its leaf. / Then the butterfly suck nectar from the flowers. / Two weeks later the butterfly breaks through the chrysalis as an adult. / The butterfly lays on the leave to dry its leaf. / Then the butterfly suck nectar from the flowers.

10. The four stages of the life cycle

11. Review / Can you name 2 kinds of butterflies? / How many stages are in the life cycle? / Can you describe 2 stages? / Can you name 2 kinds of butterflies? / How many stages are in the life cycle? / Can you describe 2 stages?

12. Websites / http://www.tooter4kids.com/LifeCycle/Butterfly_ Life_Cycle.htm http://www.tooter4kids.com/LifeCycle/Butterfly_ Life_Cycle.htm / http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/ http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/ / http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butt erfly/activities/printouts/lifecycle.shtml http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butt erfly/activities/printouts/lifecycle.shtml / http://www.tooter4kids.com/LifeCycle/Butterfly_ Life_Cycle.htm http://www.tooter4kids.com/LifeCycle/Butterfly_ Life_Cycle.htm / http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/ http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/ / http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butt erfly/activities/printouts/lifecycle.shtml http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butt erfly/activities/printouts/lifecycle.shtml