The Caterpillar and the Butterfly
One of Nature's Great Transformations


This picture shows the cycle a caterpillar takes to become a monarch butterfly.



Activity 1:
Watch the video and answer the questions as you go.  Then watch the video a second time and check your answers.


1.  All butterflies start out as tiny .

2.  When the caterpillars hatch they are very .

3.  When the caterpillars go through metamorphosis they search for a place.

4.  Inside the chrysalis the butterfly's  and rest of its body are formed.

5.  After a or so the adult butterfly is ready to fly.


Activity 2:  
Below are links to different websites with more information on our topic.  Checkout 3 websites and write down an interesting fact/idea you learned from each website in the text boxes below.  Move on to Activity 3.

The Stages of Transformation Vocabulary of Transformation Butterfly Websites







Activity 3:
Check yourself!  Print out this page to hand into the teacher tomorrow and take the Monarch Butterfly Quiz.  



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