Butterfly Life Cycle

The class I am student teaching in is preparing for a field trip to the IMAX and Putnam museum. We will be watching an IMAX film on butterflies!! The students are very excited about our trip, and we have been doing some education on butterflies, specifically their features and life cycles, throughout the week.

Today, we created a butterfly life cycle wheel. The resources I found were from my mentor teacher, and I could not locate the original source. Yet, I did find a website that offered a similar template (http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/pz-butterfly-life-cycle.html).

Students colored the pictures of the four main life cycles. (1. Egg, 2. Caterpillar, 3. Cocoon, 4. Butterfly) We then pinned the wheel onto a paddle, also included in the template of the website. Then, we practiced spinning the wheel and talking about the life cycle of a butterfly.

This was a fun project, and the students did a great job coloring!! Great to use for other cycles such as the water cycle, plant life cycle and much more!!

Happy to share! :)

Miss Underwood