Here is a list of questions you can use to get students thinking about what they're seeing:

• How are the chrysalis and caterpillar alike? (Example: They both use spiracles to breathe.)
• How are the caterpillar and butterfly alike? (See anatomy and vocabulary on pages 8 and 9.)
• When the butterfly first emerges from the chrysalis, its abdomen is large. As it pumps fluids into the wings, the abdomen shrinks to regular size. Why do you think this happens? (Hint: the fluid from the abdomen is used to form the wings.)
• How is a proboscis formed? (Hint: Find a zipper and zip it up! That's how the butterfly forms its proboscis.)
• Compound eyes have thousands of tiny lenses that see in all directions at once. How do you think these might help butterflies? (Hints: watch for predators, find food.)
• Notice that the chrysalides shake if you touch the cup. Why do you think they do this? (Hint: shaking is a defense mechanism.)
• Revisit your What We Know and Want to Know webs. What questions can you answer just by observation? Write these questions on the board during a journal period. Have students use them to guide their own observations.
• Observe the release!