The Butterfly Life CycleAn Interactive Lesson

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First Stage: Egg

Second Stage: Caterpillar (Larva)

Third Stage: Chrysalis (Pupa)

Review Important Parts of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle

Fourth Stage: Adult (Imago)

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Quiz Time!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Read by Eric Carle

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Think about the different ways the caterpillar changes

What do you think these changes are called? Check your thinking.

These changes are called METAMORPHOSIS.The butterfly’s METAMORPHOSIS happens in FOUR STAGES.

Check out the First Stage

STAGE ONE: THE EGG

First Stage

A girl (female) butterfly lays eggs

The butterfly lays the eggs on a leaf

Really close together

Really small and round

About 5 days after the eggs are laid, A tiny worm-like creature will hatch from the egg

Click to view second stage

STAGE TWO: The Caterpillar

Also known as the Larva

A worm-like creature

HUNGRY! HUNGRY Caterpillar!

Eats all the time!!!  

Grows & Grows very quickly

Becoming too big for its skin, it sheds or gets rid of its old skin

Gets new skin 4 OR MORE times while growing

Caterpillars do not stay in this stage very long. While they are in this stage, all they do is eat.

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A caterpillar shedding its outgrown skin is called molting.

Click to view the third stage

STAGE THREE: The Chrysalis Also known as the pupa

When the caterpillar is done growing, it makes a chrysalis

Chrysalis is brown or green

Why do you think that is? Check your thinking.

Resting & Changing Stage or Phase

Caterpillar changes into a butterfly

THE CHRYSALIS IS BROWN OR GREEN TO…

Blend into it’s surroundings

Protect the caterpillar from harm

ADAPTATION: to make or become suitable; especially to change to fit a specific environment

Check out the Final Stage

THE FOURTH & FINAL STAGE: The Butterfly

Adult or Imago Chrysalis opens & the butterfly comes out

The butterfly first comes out

Wings are

damp & soft

folded against its body

Butterfly is extremely TIRED

So the butterfly rests.

Once the butterfly has rested, it will be ready to start flying. It will

Start to pump blood into its wings

To get them working and flapping

When it can fly, it will go look for food & a partner

Quiz Time!Let’s see what we learned.

LET’S SEE WHAT WE LEARNED!!

A. 7

B. 5

C. 4

D. 2

1. How many stages are in the butterfly life cycle?

CORRECT!!!

C. There are FOUR stages

in the Butterfly Life

Cycle.

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2. Which of these picture shows the first stage?

A. Pupa (Chrysalis)

B. Adult (Imago)

C. Egg

D. Caterpillar (Larva)

CORRECT!!! C. The first stage is the Egg.

Stages 2-4

2. Caterpillar

3. Chrysalis

4. Adult

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Which vocabulary word is matched to its’ correct definition?

A. Molting: caterpillar shedding its outgrown skin

B. Metamorphosis: the changes or stages in the butterfly life cycle

C. Adaptation: changing in appearance to fit the surroundings/environment

D. All are correct

CORRECT! D. All of these definitions are correct.

ISN’T VOCABULARY

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HINT: Although this is the correct definition, there is a better choice.

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