Creating a Butterfly Book-Second Grade

In this WebQuest, you will find information on the web to help you create an informational butterfly booklet to share with younger students.  Good luck, butterfly scientists!

There will be six pages to complete in your book.

1. You will decorate your cover (Butterfly Book.)  You may use the following links to help you with your illustrations of eggs, caterpillars, chrysalids, and adult butterflies:

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/gallery

http://butterflywebsite.com/gallery/index.cfm (Click on the butterfly you wish to draw)

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2. Section One:  Create a page that tells about the life cycle of the butterfly.  Draw the cycle, number each part, write the name of the stage, and draw and color a picture of the life cycle. 

You may use the link below to help you spell the life cycle stages correctly:

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/life_cycle_diagram.html

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3. Section 2:  Using the Venn diagram provided on your booklet page, write (and illustrate if you wish) the differences between butterflies and moths.  (The middle section where the circles intersect-come together-is where you will list the ways butterflies and moths are the SAME.) Use the following link to assist you:

 http://www.diffen.com/difference/Butterfly_vs_Moth

http://shelledy.mesa.k12.co.us/staff/computerlab/Butterfly_Body_Parts.html (Click on FUN FACTS-left side.)

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4. Sections 3 and 4:  Illustrate and write the many ways butterflies and caterpillars protect themselves.  (You will have some of the same ways listed for both butterflies and caterpillars.)  Remember the youtube videos you watched.  Here are some links to aid you:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/allabout/Defense.shtml

http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Lifecycle%205%20-%20larva%20survival.htm  This website has good photos to jog your memory.

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5. Section 5:  Diagram the parts of a butterfly.  Use this link if needed:

http://shelledy.mesa.k12.co.us/staff/computerlab/Butterfly_Body_Parts.html

You may wish to do additional writing on the lines provided below each section of your booklet page. Remember to use your Editing Checklist.  Good luck, authors and butterfly experts!  Be neat and do your best work. 

With our butterfly books completed, we can now share them with the younger students in our school.  Well Done!  I hope you enjoyed learning about the beauty of butterflies.

http://www.butterfliesandmoth.org/gallery (Butterflies and Moths of North America:  collecting and sharing information about Lepidoptera)

http://butterflywebsite.com/gallery/index.cfm (Annenberg Learner.org) Journey North

http://australianmuseum.net.au

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Butterfly_vs_Moth

Enchanted Learning website:  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/allabout/Defense.sh…

learn about butterflies-the complete guide to the world of butterflies: www.learnaboutbutterflies.com

http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Lifecycle%205%20-%20larva%20survival.htm

http://shelledy.mesa.k12.co.us/staff/computerlab/Butterfly_Body_Parts.html