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=Names:= Jamarie Santiago Dorthea Walsh

Aim:
How does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly?

Standards:

 * **National** – S2.b Life Sciences Concepts: Life cycles of organisms
 * **New York State** – Key Idea 3: Individual organisms and species change over time.
 * [NYC standards?]**


 * Summary:**

When doing a lesson on the life cycle of a butterfly it helps to keep the lesson interesting. The students used digital cameras and digital microscopes to ses how a painted lady butterfly changes over time. By using digital cameras the students were able to take close up pictures of the painted lady butterfly in it's four life stages- caterpillar, chrysalis, adult and egg. The students then used the digital microscopes to see images that were to small to see otherwise. They were able to watch the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into the chrysalis. The Tstudents then took images of the microscope every twenty seconds and were able to watch a video of the butterfly. The students were able to come up with a time line based on their lesson. Since we are teaching this lesson to a first grade class we could have a butterfly kit in the classroom which shows the life cycle of the butterfly. **[Please revise these citations to APA format, and summarize # 7 and 8.]**
 * APA Citation:**
 * 1) Author: Giles, Rebecca M, Bagget Paige V; Shaw Edwards L Jr. publication: 2010 Becoming Butterflies   [|:]Making Metamorphosis Meaningful for Young Children (EJ857961)
 * 2) Author: Olson, Joanne K. Publication. 2008-12-00 Concept-Focused Teaching: Using Big Ideas to Guide Instruction in Science (EJ824850)
 * 3) Author: Locke, Debbie Publication:2006-05-00 A Time and a Season (EJ740860)
 * 4) Author: Wenze, Gloria Tansits Publication: 2003-0-00 Teaching through Trade Books: Life Cycle Science. (EJ666920)
 * 5) Author: Dobey, Daniel C; Springer, Heidi S. Publication: 2002-00-00 Simply Butterflies  . (EJ661783)
 * 6) Author: N/A Publication: 1998-00-00 Bug City: Butterflies   and Moths [Videotape] [|.] (ED434022)
 * 7) Author: Bowen, Anne; Bell, Randy L. Pub date: 2004-03-00 Winging It: Using Digital Imaging To Investigate Butterfly Metamorphosis (EJ695754)
 * 8) Author: Darby, Linda, Ed Pub date: 1997-00-00 Learning Activities for the Growth Season. (ED409118)

**[OK, but describe the objective of each lesson plan, "Students Will Be Able To .."]**
 * Lesson Plans:**
 * 1) Gotta Go! Gotta Go! Scholastic Lesson Plan From this lesson planned we noticed different ways that we can make a lesson fun for children. This particular lesson plans allows children to use technology to learn the life cycle of butterflies.
 * 2) Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly Scholastic Lesson Plan This lesson plan was very creative. Therefore, by looking at this lesson plan, we realized that creativity can make teaching a butterfly's life cycle fun.
 * 3) All About Butterflies Hotchalk Lesson Plan This lesson plan gave us ideas on the type of art work that we could use with the students.
 * 4) Butterfly Unit - Life Cycles of Butterflies Hotchalk Lesson Plan> This lesson plan helped us decide what would be the appropriate questions to ask the children during and after the lesson.
 * 5) Butterfly Unit - From Caterpillar to Butterfly Hotchalk Lesson Plan

__**Online Collaborative Writing Assignment**__


 * Group Definition of** **blogs****:**

[Blogs are used by people to communicate with each other.On blogs people can read, write and edit information. Many teachers use blogs so that they can communicate with their students.]


 * Group Definition of wikis:**

[Wikis is a software that was created for online collaborative writing.]


 * How could Wikis and/or Weblogs be used in your lesson plan?**

The class could have the information on a wiki page that their parents could access and see what they are doing. Weblogs could be used so we could post each stage of the life cycle of the butterfly and we could list the class responses to what they are observing.


 * Lesson Plan**

AIM: How does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly? GOAL:To demonstrate to the students the life cycle of a butterfly. OBJECTIVE: The students will have an understanding of the life cycle of a butterfly. MATERIALS: Caterpillars Container for the Caterpillars Sugar water for the caterpillars to drink A diagram in the classroom showing pictures of the life cycle FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY: We will go to the park and release the caterpillars and watch them fly away. We will sit in the park with paper and crayons and draw a picture of the butterflies.


 * Test Questions**

The diagram below shows the life cycle of a frog. Four stages of  development are labeled // A //, // B // , // C // , and // D //. Which letter shows the adult stage of development? A // A // B // B // C // C // D // D //

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