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__ Butterflies - Mrs. Gosch __ Students in Mrs. Gosch's Class are studying Butterflies. She has ordered the Butterflies and their butterfly habitat.

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__ Background Knowledge: __ When they are caterpillars they turn into cocoons - Noah Some have black spots - Attris Butterflies have four parts in their life cycle - Ryan There is a monarch butterfly - Butterflies drink nectar - Gabby When a monarch lays an egg it dies - Noah/Emma Butterflies have black antenna - Natalie Butterflies have different colored wings - Everyone Butterflies have long tongues - Grace Butterflies and moths look the same - Ryan

__ New Learning: __ They fly to California - Ele When a monarch butterfly lays an egg it dies - Natalia It has a twisted up straw in its mouth (Proboscis) - Addison Caterpillars have 16 legs, but when they are adults they lose 10 prolegs and they just have 6 - Ceci Butterflies can get stuck in webs. Spiders are predators of butterflies - Gabby Gab Caterpillars are called larva - Christian Many butterflies do not taste good to most predators - Mitchell Moths and butterflies are cousins - Amelia They travel by day and not at night - Ele Caterpillars can turn into a pupa and then a butterfly - Attris Butterflies can fly as far as 2,000-3,000 miles - Natalie Monarchs fly to Mexico - Ceci Some butterflies drink nectar, milkweed, tree sap and some eat dung - Class Cars, praying mantis, oriels, fire ants, and spiders are predators to butterflies - Everyone Butterflies have scales - Gabby There are 800,000 different kinds of insects - Grace Butterflies drink nectar to get energy - Me Butterflies have "eyes" on their wings to scare other predators - Amelia Butterflies have 6 pairs of eyes(12 eyes) - Emma Butterflies can not see well - Emma Butterflies have a thorax, head, and abdomen - Grace They have an exoskeleton - Gabby When they get to big for their own skin they shed their exoskeleton, they do this 3-4 times - Amelia, Christian, and Ceci Butterflies have antenna - Everyone Caterpillars use webs to hang their chrysalis - Grace Butterflies have four wings - Grace Butterflies and all insects are symmetrical - Gabby

__ What We Still Wonder: __ Do butterflies do the same thing each day? - Emma Where and when do they sleep? How are butterflies different from moths? Are they harmful or helpful? - Natalia How do butterflies stay dry when it rains?

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