SPIDERS & BUTTERFLIES

By: Taylor Duley

Teacher’s Page Objectives:Given the information about orb-web spiders, students will be able to define what an orb-web spider is, why they build a web, and how they build their web, with 100% accuracy. Given the information on the life cycle of the “American Lady” butterfly, students will be able to identify the characteristics and the four stages of the butterfly, with 100% accuracy.

Environment: Individually, at a computer, with headphones available, where talking is allowed.

Audience: Grades 1st-2nd, students who can and can’t read full sentences.Middle-class suburban community.

Students will be quizzed at the end.

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Learn about spiders

Learn about butterflies

Quick Butterfly Questions

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Quick Spider Questions

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Alex the ant will help guide you along the way.

Let’s get started!Orb-web spiders

Pay attention, there will be a quiz at the end!

Alex the ant will help guide you along the way.

Let’s get started!American lady

butterflies

Pay attention, there will be a quiz at the end!

Orb-Web Spiders

What are they?

They are spiders that build their web in a circle.

Orb-Web Spiders

Why do they build a web?

They build a web to trap bugs for food.

Orb-Web Spiders

What kind of bugs do they trap?

They trap flies, moths, butterflies, and other insects.

More about orb-web spiders!

Orb-Web Spiders

How do they build their web?

With 6 steps.

1. One thick silk line.

2. “Y” shape with 3 silk lines .

3. Make outside silk lines.

1 2

3

Orb-Web Spiders

More steps…

4. Silk lines going from the middle to the outside.

5. Spins a dry spiral starting in the middle.

6. Goes the other way and spins a sticky spiral.

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Quick Question #1

Trueor

False?

Orb-web spiders spin their web in the shape of a triangle.

Try again!

Correct!They spin their web in a

circle.

Quick Question #2

It takes an orb-web spider 6 steps to build it’s web.

True or

False?

Try again!Go back to

the web pictures if you are stuck.

Correct!The orb-web spider spins its web in 6

steps.

Quick Question #3

Orb-web spiders catch people in their webs.

Trueor

False?

Try again!Can you get trapped in a spider

web?

Correct!Humans can’t get stuck in spider

webs.

Orb-Web Spiders

FUN FACT!Spiders are NOT insects. They are animals because they have 8 legs.

American Lady Butterflies

What does the American Lady butterfly look like?

A butterfly that has brown, yellow, and orange patterns on the top corners of the wings.

American Lady Butterflies

The American Lady butterfly mostly eats flower nectar.

Nectar is sugary-liquid made from plants.

Just like the sugar we eat!

American Lady Butterflies

Their favorite flower is the Aster flower (like in the pictures).

Keep going you are doing great!

American Lady Butterflies

The four stages of the butterfly life cycle:

1. The butterfly lays an egg.

2. A caterpillar hatches from the egg.

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2

American Lady Butterflies

3. The caterpillar turns into a cocoon.

4. After some time, the adult butterfly hatches from the cocoon.

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Quick Question #1Nectar is a sugary-liquid butterflies eat.

Trueor

False?

Try again!Remember, it’s what

humans like too!

Correct!Butterflies love nectar.

Quick Question #2There are 6 steps in the life cycle of a

butterfly.

Trueor

False?

Try again!Hint: spiders have a 6 step way of doing

something, not butterflies.

Correct!Butterflies have 4 stages in their life cycle.

American Lady Butterflies

FUN FACT!Butterflies do NOT have lungs like we do.

QUIZ TIME!

Question #1What do spiders trap in their web?A. MonkeysB. PencilsC. Flies

Try again

Well done!

Question #2What spider did you learn about?A. The Daddy L

ong LegB. The Orb-WebC. The Baby

Uh oh! Go back!

Yay!

Question #3The first stage in the butterfly life cycle is..A. EatingB. RunningC. Laying an egg

Try again, you can do it!

Awesome!

Question #4What butterfly did you learn about?A. DragonflyB. BeautifulC. American Lady

You can go back to the butterfly slides

if you need to.

Keep up the good work!

Question #5In order to make a web, does the Orb-Web spider need 2 things to connect his web to?A. YesB. No

Go back to the spider slides if you need to!

Great job!!

Question #6The Or-Web spider is known for spinning its web in what shape?A. RectangleB. CircleC. Square

Not quite!

That’s right!

Question #7The American Lady butterfly is mostly what color?A. BlackB. Hot pinkC. Orange

Oh no, go back and try again!

Woo Hoo!

ScoringIf you

scored an 8 or higher congrats!

If you scored

below an 8 go back

and review!

Congrats on completing the

lessons. I hope you learned a lot!

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