2. Life Cycle The four stages of the Monarch Butterfly:  Egg  Caterpillar  Pupa  Adult Butterfly

3. Egg  Female Monarchs lay their eggs on a milkweed leaves.  When the egg hatches, it is a caterpillar

4. Caterpillar  The caterpillar hatches from its egg and eats it.  The caterpillar loses its old skin four times as it grows

5. Pupa  The caterpillar turns into a pupa. By hanging on a leaf  Pupa is a hard covering the caterpillar lives

6. Adult Butterfly  After the caterpillar leaves the pupa  It becomes a butterfly  Complete Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly Complete Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly Complete Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly Home

7. Students Link  Iggy & Arbuckle “The Big Flap” Video Iggy & Arbuckle “The Big Flap” Video Iggy & Arbuckle “The Big Flap” Video Home

8. Teacher Links Ohio Content Standard: Life Science Living things have basic needs, which are met by obtaining materials from the physical environment. Science Inquiry and Applications: Plan and conduct simple investigations Activity for Life Cycle Lesson  Butterfly Life Cycle Craft Butterfly Life Cycle Craft Butterfly Life Cycle Craft Other Activity Ideas for This lesson  Butterfly Printouts and Classroom Activities Butterfly Printouts and Classroom Activities Butterfly Printouts and Classroom Activities  National Geographic Kids- Monarch Butterfly National Geographic Kids- Monarch Butterfly National Geographic Kids- Monarch Butterfly Home

9. Video Links  Complete Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly Complete Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly Complete Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly  Monarch Butterflies Video by National Geographic Kids Monarch Butterflies Video by National Geographic Kids Monarch Butterflies Video by National Geographic Kids Home

10. Other Book Titles  Frost, Helen, and Leonid Gore. Monarch and Milkweed. New York: Atheneum for Young Readers, 2008. Print.  Gibbons, Gail. Monarch Butterfly. New York: Holiday House, 1989. Print.  Hamilton, K. R. The Butterfly Book: A Kid's Guide to Attracting, Raising, and Keeping Butterflies. Santa Fe, NM: John Muir Publications, 1997. Print.  Lepthien, Emilie U. Monarch Butterflies. Chicago: Childrens, 1989. Print  Marsh, Laura F. Great Migrations. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2010. Print.  Pringle, Laurence P., and Bob Marstall. An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly. New York: Orchard, 1997. Print.  Schwartz, David M., and Dwight Kuhn. Monarch Butterfly. Milwaukee, WI: G. Stevens, 2001. Print.  Zemlicka, Shannon, and Simon Smith. Eggs, Legs, Wings: A Butterfly Life Cycle. Mankato, MN: Capstone, 2011. Print. Home

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