Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Toolkit Specialists: Kim Rosenberg and Kathy Langreck
Toolkit Writing Team: Andrea Pieper-Askelson and Abby Papesh

Lesson 1 Pre-Unit Assessment: Getting Ready for Caterpillars Lesson 9 The Butterfly Emerges Lesson 2 Getting Ready for Caterpillars Lesson 10 Feeding the Butterflies Lesson 3 Learning More About Caterpillars Lesson 11 The Butterfly's Body Lesson 4 Observing the Caterpillars Lesson 12 The Butterflies Go Free Lesson 5 Observing Change: Growth and Molting Lesson 13 Using Our Data Lesson 6 Silk Spinning Lesson 14 Discovering that Butterflies are Insects Lesson 7 From Caterpillar to Chrysalis Lesson 15 Other Life Cycles Lesson 8 Observing the Chrysalis Lesson 16 Post-Unit Assessment: Sharing what we know about the Life Cycle of Butterflies

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