The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

This webquest is for you to learn about the life cycle of the butterfly.  You will discover the four different stages of the butterfly’s life cycle and define important vocabulary words related to butterflies. Have you ever watched a beautiful butterfly and wished you could catch it and watch it more closely?  Do you know what it looked like before it became a butterfly?  By completing this WebQuest, you will learn many interesting things about butterflies, see them up close and you will get to see them change right before your eyes!

To become a butterfly expert, there are a few things you need to complete.  
You will:

• Watch a video on the life cycle of a butterfly
• Watch a video on Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Complete two activities!
• Create a poster on The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
• Discuss the life cycle of a butterfly
• Complete the evaluation worksheet
• Go home and explain what you leared to your parents.

Now the fun begins.  First let's watch a video of one of the Life Cycle of a Butterfly.  

[video:http://youtu.be/3jl8P0w6X0g]

 

 

Next, you will view a video of my favorite book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle.

[video:http://youtu.be/Q7IFoWmRqiw] 

Here is some vocabulary that you will need to learn before we proceed to our activities!

Activity #1

Using the above vocabulary. Write the words in a sentence.

Activity #2

 

There a four stages of a butterflies life cycle. You and your partner will now get to make a poster which shows the 4 stages of development.

Make sure you are creative and neat.  You may use any of the art supplies at the craft table you need to complete the poster.  

I can't wait to see your awesome work!

 

Complete the evaluation worksheet  below and leave it in the completed bin. Be sure to label each picture and to color them neatley. Below you will find the rubric for your poster activity that you completed earlier.

Now that you have watched the video's and have completed all tasks. Here is how your work will be graded. This rubric will be used to generate a score for you.

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Attractiveness	The poster is very neat and attractive.	The poster is neat and attractive.	The poster is acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy.	The poster is messy. It is not attractive.
Graphics -Clarity	My pictures are organized and easy to see.	Most of my pictures are organized and easy to see.	Most of my pictures are easy to see.	Many of my pictures are too small to see clearly.
Required Elements	The poster includes all 4 stages of the life cycle and they are neatly labeled and correct.	The poster includes all 4 stages of the life cycle and most of them are labeled correctly.	The poster has all but 1 of the stages and most are labeled correctly.	The poster is missing some or all of the stages and is not labeled correctly.
Use of Class Time	Used time well during each class period. Focused on getting the project done. Never distracted others.	Used time well during each class period. Usually focused on getting the project done and never distracted others.	Used some of the time well during each class period. There was some focus on getting the project done but occasionally distracted others.	Did not use class time to focus on the project OR often distracted others.
Mechanics	Capitalization and punctuation are correct throughout the poster.	There is 1 error in capitalization or punctuation.	There are 2 errors in capitalization or punctuation.	There are more than 2 errors in capitalization or punctuation.

Now that we are finished with this WebQuest, you know a lot more about butterflies.  You have watched them go through their metamorphosis and now you know there are four stages.. Your butterfly posters show what you have learned and now you can share them with your friends and family to teach others about the exciting changes you observed.