Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Introduction

Welcome! You just accepted a job as a zoologist at the Memphis Zoo specializing in the butterfly exhibit. Zoologist are scientist that study the life and behaviors of animals and wildlife. Very soon there will be students from all over the world coming to your exhibit to learn about the Silvery Checkerspot, a butterfly found in Tennessee. Your job is to take the students on adventure through the life cycle of the Silvery Checkerspot. Are you ready for the task? Let's go!

Task

Your task is to come up with a lesson to present to the students coming to your exhibit in the zoo. You may create an informational booklet with 4 pages to show the students. Include interesting information and pictures of the butterfly. This presentation must be exciting and fun! Students from all over the world are coming to Tennessee to hear from YOU! Make sure that by the end of the presentation, the students will know and understand the life cycle of the Silvery Checkerspot Butterfly.

Process

Step 1: Become an expert on the Silvery Checkerspot. You're the new guy at the zoo, so you must make sure that you are ready to present the butterfly to the best of your ability. Check out the websites below to become an expert.

- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Chlosyne-nycteis

- http://www.beautifulwildlifegarden.com/silvery-checkerspot-butterfly.ht…

- http://www3.canisius.edu/~grandem/butterflylifecycle/The_Lifecycle_of_a…

Step 2: After checking out those websites, gather all the infortmation needed to begin creating your presentation. You will have an opportunity to practice your lesson on your classmates and teacher before the group of students come to your exhibit. Your practice presentation will be this Friday, giving you two days to work on it.

Step 3: Next, make sure that your booklet and presentation includes the following...

- Page 1 should be the title slide including the creative name of your exhibit, the name of the buttefly, and your name.

-Page 2 should include 5 facts about the Silvery Checkerspot and one drawn picture.

-Page 3 should include the name and explanations of the 4 stages of the life cycle of the butterfly.

-Page 4 should include drawn pictures the four stages of the life cycle of the butterfly.

Evaluation

Creativity - booklet and presentation is unique and exciting.	1	2	3
Booklet Information- information provided is accurate and interesting.	1	2	3
Booklet Images- images drawn correctly represent the stages of life.	1	2	3
Presentation- presentation is interesting, prepared, and clear.	1	2	3

Conclusion

Congratualtions! If you have prepared your presentation, you may reward yourself with these fun games and videos about the life cycle of a butterfly until all your friends are finished with their presentations too!

- http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life_cycle/butterfly_gam…

- http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/science/ha…

- http://www.turtlediary.com/kids-videos/butterfly-life-cycle.html