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Infusion of Literacy into the Science CurriculumBook Information:Title:A Butterfly is PatientAuthor: Dianna HuttsPublisher:Chronicle BooksCopyright Year2011ISBN #:ISBN: 9780811864794Summary:In this well illustrated book, you will find out more about the many characteristics of butterflies, including their life cycle and the role they play in the ecosystems they inhabit. Availability:Arlington Central Library; Amazon for purchaseHow can the book content be infused into the science curriculum?Grade Level 3-5StrandsScientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic, Life Processes, Living Systems, Earth Patterns, Cycles, and Change, Earth ResourcesGrade 33.1The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in whicha)observations are made and are repeated to ensure accuracy;b)predictions are formulated using a variety of sources of information; c)objects with similar characteristics or properties are classified into at least two sets and two subsets;d)natural events are sequenced chronologically;g)questions are developed to formulate hypotheses;h)data are gathered, charted, graphed, and analyzed;j)inferences are made and conclusions are drawn;3.4The student will investigate and understand that adaptations allow animals to satisfy life needs and respond to the environment. Key concepts includea)behavioral adaptations; andb)physical adaptations.3.5The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key concepts includea)producer, consumer, decomposer;b)herbivore, carnivore, omnivore; andc)predator and prey.3.8The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature. Key concepts includea)patterns of natural events such as day and night, seasonal changes, simple phases of the moon, and tides; b)animal life cycles; andc)plant life cycles.3.10The student will investigate and understand that natural events and human influences can affect the survival of species. Key concepts includea)the interdependency of plants and animals;b)the effects of human activity on the quality of air, water, and habitat;c)the effects of fire, flood, disease, and erosion on organisms; andd)conservation and resource renewal.Grade 44.1The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in whicha)distinctions are made among observations, conclusions, inferences, and predictions;b)objects or events are classified and arranged according to characteristics or properties;e)predictions and inferences are made, and conclusions are drawn based on data from a variety of sources;4.5The student will investigate and understand how plants and animals, including humans, in an ecosystem interact with one another and with the nonliving components in the ecosystem. Key concepts includea)plant and animal adaptations;b)organization of populations, communities, and ecosystems and how they interrelate;c)flow of energy through food webs;d)habitats and niches;e)changes in an organism’s niche at various stages in its life cycle; andf)influences of human activity on ecosystems.Grade 55.1The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in whicha)items such as rocks, minerals, and organisms are identified using various classification keys;5.5The student will investigate and understand that organisms are made of one or more cells and have distinguishing characteristics that play a vital role in the organism’s ability to survive and thrive in its environment. Key concepts includea)basic cell structures and functions;b)classification of organisms using physical characteristics, body structures, and behavior of the organism; andc)traits of organisms that allow them to survive in their environment.Sample Activities: Grade 3Objectives: The objectives of this lesson are that the children will discover through reading and discussion, the life cycle of the caterpillar.Introduction: To introduce this lesson, we will do the first and second steps of the K-W-L chart. This will help you to learn what the children already know about the life cycle of the butterfly, and what they would like to learn from this lessonSequence of Activities: After working on the first two parts of the K-W-L chart, read and discuss A Butterfly is Patient. Use a lot of open-ended questions to assess their knowledge and to help them to think and focus.After reading and discussing the book,write on our chart what the children have learned. If the children still have unanswered questions, we will refer to our book and find the answers. I will put our chart on the wall where the children can refer to it. The book we read will also be available in the same area in case the children want to learn more later.Materials: Book, A Butterfly is Patient, paper for K-W-L chart, question worksheet, below.Self-Evaluation: I will evaluate the children’s learning by reviewing the K-W-L chart with them at the end of the unit to see what they have learned and to answer and questions they still have.Questions: 1. Where do most butterflies lay their eggs?______________ 2. Are some birds a predator of butterflies? ____________ 3. Are any butterflies poisonous to predators?_______________________ 4. What is it called when one type of butterfly looks like a poisonous type of butterfly ?______________ 5. Do moths have feathery antennae ?___________________ 6. In which stage of a butterfly's life cycle do the wings develop?___________ 7. Do most butterflies fly during the day or at night?_______________________ 8. What shape are each of the facets of a butterfly's compound eye? ____________ 9. Do caterpillars have very good vision?_________________________ 10. Does a caterpillar's fuzz give it a sense of touch, taste, sight, or smell?__________________Grade 4 Life Cycle of a Butterfly Pasta ActivityStudents will learn to identify the four stages of a butterfly’s life cycle.Materials:Butterfly patternsspiral pasta-caterpilllarshell pasta-chrysalisbow tie pasta-butterflysmall pasta representing an eggcrayons or markersglueLesson Plan:Ask the students what they know about butterflies. Have they ever seen one? Have they ever touched one? What did it look like? Was it colorful?Ask the students if they know what the butterfly was before it was a butterfly?What do caterpillars look like? How do you think they got to be caterpillars? What do they feel like? Are they furry? Slimy?How does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly?Discuss or show a picture of a chrysalis.Now put the stages of a butterfly in order.The book, A Butterfly is Patient should be used and have cards depicting each stage of a butterfly.We also chanted a few times, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. I had a few volunteers come up and put the life cycle cards in order.Have students create the butterfly life cycle on their own butterfly.Have butterfly patterns ready, and you may want to have divided them into 4 sections already.Show the students an example before they begin, so they are sure they know what order to go in (left to right)Have students decorate butterfly and before they start explain using visuals that butterflies have the same pattern on each side of their body.Glue the pasta to the butterfly.Write, or have the students write if they are able, the stages of a butterfly under the corresponding piece of pasta.Display. Life Cycle of ButterfliesOBJECTIVESStudents will:learn the term metamorphosis as it pertains to the insect order, Lepidoptera.recognize stages in a butterfly's life cycle.begin researching and organizing scientific information into categories (habitats, bodies, prey, and predators).ask questions that will extend and inform their research.MATERIALS3 worksheets. See attached. PROCEDURESIntroduce key vocabulary: chrysalis, larva, Lepidoptera, metamorphosis, pupa. Use the Butterfly Life Cycle worksheet to draw and label each stage.ASSESSMENT Student progress can be measured by: the information recorded on their worksheets.a presentation of what they've learned to a small group, their class, or another class.the score they receive on the Butterfly Life Cycle quiz Name _______________________ Date _______________Butterfly Life CycleDirections: Read about the 4 stages in the metamorphosis of butterflies. Draw each stage below and label the stages. Write one fact about each stage in the butterfly life cycle.Stage 1: ____________________________ Fact: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________Drawing:***********************************************************************************************Stage 2: ____________________________ Fact: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________Drawing:************************************************************************************************Stage 3: ____________________________ Fact: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________Drawing************************************************************************************************Stage 4: ____________________________ Fact: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________Drawing:Name _______________________________Date _________________Butterfly Facts and Questions Habitat (where they live) ?__________________________________________________________?__________________________________________________________ Bodies (how caterpillars and butterflies look)?__________________________________________________________?__________________________________________________________ Prey and Predators (what they eat and what eats them)?__________________________________________________________?__________________________________________________________Questions I have: ?__________________________________________________________?Name _______________Date_________Butterfly Life Cycle Quiz Circle the correct answer1.Metamorphosis means the process of: Being bornChanging Turning colorsEating leaves 2. Butterflies and moths are in what insect family?Lepidoptera HymenopteraCleopteraOrthoptera3. Another word for larva is?Butterfly CaterpillarMothWorm4. What do caterpillars eat? Food their mother brings Grass Leaves from a host plant Nectar from flowers5. When a butterfly is in the pupa stage, the case around it is called a:CocoonShell ChrysalisBud6. How many wing parts do butterflies have?246 87. Like all insects, butterflies have how many legs? 246 88. The butterfly uses what part of its body like a straw to sip flower nectar? ProboscisAntenna AbdomenThoraxWrite 2 things you learned about caterpillars or butterflies: ? __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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