Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly

Created by Joyce Johnson

Professor Knezek

Assignment 1B

Unit Question What is a monarch butterfly? What does the monarch butterfly eat? What are the stages of the butterfly? How many years does the butterfly live

for?

What the students learn Students will learn that the butterfly

undergoes a metamorphosis They will be able to identify a monarch

butterfly By the end of the lesson, students will be

able to repeat the stages of the butterfly

Skills to Master Identification Vocabulary

Level of Activity The children will have to function

intellectually at a second grade level. The material will be introduced to the

students so that it will challenge them and force them to think and visualize the butterfly and its’ processes.

TEKS §112.4. Science, Grade 2(4) A system is a collection of cycles, structures, and

processes that interact. Students should understand a whole in terms of its components and how these components relate to each other and to the whole. All systems have basic properties that can be described in terms of space, time, energy, and matter. Change and constancy occur in systems and can be observed and measured as patterns. These patterns help to predict what will happen next and can change over time.

References http://bsi.montana.edu/web/kidsbutterfly/ http://www.tooter4kids.com/LifeCycle/

Stages.htm http://www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/grade/

Second_grade.pdf