Have you ever wondered how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly? In this WebQuest you will be learning how this process happens, and at the end you will show me what you have learned!
Grade Level: 1
1.LS.1 Develop representations to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Task
You will be learning about the life cycle of the butterfly. Go through this WebQuest and complete all of the activities. At the end you will be asked to write about what you learned for a grade.
Process
Step 1:
Meet me on the rug to read, " The Very Hungry Caterpillar" By: Eric Carle!
Step 2:
Next, watch this video to learn about the life cycle of the butterfly. Make sure to put your head phones in!
Step 3:
Finally, you will be going on a scavenger hunt. Around the room there are slips of paper that have the stages of the butterfly's life cycle. Once, you find a stage you will go back to your seat and glue that word on the correct box of this worksheet.
Step 4:
Then, play this game to see how well you are understanding the life cycle of the butterfly.
Finally, watch this video of the butterfly dance, and be ready to dance to it after the WebQuest is over!
Evaluation
Finally, grab a blank piece of paper from the red basket and draw a picture of the life cycle of a butterfly. Then, write me a story of a butterfly's life cycle. Make sure you include each stage.
1. Egg
2. Caterpillar
3. Chrysalis
4. Butterfly
Once you have written your story, turn it into basket #1 for me to see how you did!
Conclusion
In this WebQuest you have read, danced, and wrote about the life cycle of the butterfly! Now, you know that a butterfly starts out as egg. Once they hatch they are a tiny caterpillar, and then begin to eat and eat until they are big and strong! Then they form a chrysalis on a branch. Finally, they become a beautiful butterfly! You did a great job on this WebQuest! Now, let's celebrate by doing our butterfly dance!
