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Click here to go to the butterfly learning page with PBS. Click "launch" on the site and then "continue as a guest" to learn about painted lady butterfly life cycles!
Monarch Butterflies
Monarch Butterflies
While we will be observing Painted Lady butterflies, Monarch butterflies are special here in Texas! Every year, the Monarch butterflies migrate through Texas to Mexico (their winter home) and then back through Texas to head North. They are the only butterflies known to migrate !
Week 1 Observations
Week 1 Observations
Arrival
Arrival
On Saturday, April 11, we received five (5) painted lady caterpillars. We will observe them each day using the "I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me Of..." routine.
Week 1 - Measurement
Week 1 - Measurement
The caterpillar was smaller than I thought! It was less than 2 centimetres.
Week 1 - Day 3 Observation
Week 1 - Day 3 Observation
Watch this video to see more about caterpillar movement!
Week 1 - Day 5 Observation
Week 1 - Day 5 Observation
What do you notice about the caterpillar under a microscope?
Week 1 - Day 7 Observation
Week 1 - Day 7 Observation
I wonder how they got so big?!
What observations can you make about the caterpillars using these pictures?
What observations can you make about the caterpillars using these pictures?
Week 2 Observations
Week 2 Observations
Week 2 - Day 1 Observation
Week 2 - Day 1 Observation
How are the caterpillars similar or different from last week's observation?
Observation - Chrysalides
Observation - Chrysalides
How might you explain this??
I am curious and hope you are too!
Week 2 - Day 3
Week 2 - Day 3
Watch the video and discuss how the caterpillars are similar or different than they have been in the past few days.
Transferring to New Habitat
Transferring to New Habitat
Watch the video and discuss how the caterpillars are similar or different than they have been in the past few days.
Get Outside!
Get Outside!
Here are some ideas to help you search for caterpillars and other insects outside.
City Nature Challenge!
City Nature Challenge!
Practice your observation skills and citizen science with iNaturalist!
What observations can you make about the caterpillars using these pictures?
What observations can you make about the caterpillars using these pictures?
Images from Week 2 Observations
Week 3 Observations
Week 3 Observations
The following will be used for the 2nd Grade May 10th assignment
The following will be used for the 2nd Grade May 10th assignment
Observation - Week 3 Day 1
Observation - Week 3 Day 1
We noticed an observation with a different sensory use today!
What sense do you wonder we used?
Adult Painted Lady
Adult Painted Lady
We noticed this morning we had two butterflies emerge from their chrysalises.
It was a surprise for us! How would you react to discovering a newly emerged butterfly?
Proboscis Observation
Proboscis Observation
Open the video in full screen to see a butterfly's special mouth part, the proboscis, moving.
How do they use this to eat?
Fluttering
Fluttering
We wonder why this butterfly is fluttering around the habitat? How would you like explain why?
What observations can you make about the chrysalises using these pictures?
What observations can you make about the chrysalises using these pictures?
Week 4 Observations
Week 4 Observations
Week 4 Day 4 Observation
Week 4 Day 4 Observation
Describe the life cycle of a Painted Lady Butterfly. Because we noticed the next part of the life cycle! (Last week our Painted Lady butterflies emerged as adult butterflies from their chrysalises).
What observations can you make about the butterfly eggs using these pictures?
What observations can you make about the butterfly eggs using these pictures?
Week 5 Observations
Week 5 Observations
Week 5 Day 3 Observation
Week 5 Day 3 Observation
What is the next part of the life cycle?
What surprises you about this stage of the life cycle?
Day Old Caterpillar!
Day Old Caterpillar!
How might you determine how long this caterpillar is?
What tools and resources would help you?
What observations can you make about the butterfly eggs using these pictures?
What observations can you make about the butterfly eggs using these pictures?
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