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A creative way for all ages to express what they've learned about butterflies.
Materials Needed: Crayons; Colored pencils; Beads; Tissue paper; Egg cartons; Colored paper; Leaves; Grass; whatever you can think of!
Using your imagination, create a unique butterfly. This butterfly needs to have all the parts that butterflies have: A head, thorax, abdomen, six legs, two antennae, and four wings - but it can look however you want it to look!
To begin, look at books with pictures of lots of different types of butterflies. Look at the enclosed poster and observe all the different parts of a butterfly.
Adaptations:
For Grades 3-6: Write these questions on the chalkboard, and have students write their answers on separate pieces of paper.
For Grades K-2: Teacher ask each student these questions when they show their unique butterfly to the class.
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All Ages
- Using any of the collected materials, create a colorful
butterfly. Remember to think about where your butterfly will live so its colors can help camouflage it.
- Have students answer these questions about
their butterflies:
- Name of your butterfly:
- Where does your butterfly like to live?
Place in world: Specific habitat (meadow, mountain top, rainforest, etc):
- Does it migrate? From where to where?
- What stages does your butterfly go through?
- How long does it spend in each stage?
- Is it active during the night or the day
(nocturnal or diurnal)?
- What are the main predators that
threaten your butterfly?
- What does your butterfly do to protect itself from predators?
- What does your butterfly eat?
- What else should we know about your butterfly?
- Share your butterfly with the class!
- Label, or have the teacher label the parts of your butterfly.
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Science, 
Language Arts, 
Art 
