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Life cycle of butterfly
This is a 3D model of life cycle of a butterfly that me and my daughter worked on.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Step 1. Cut 3 leaf shapes from construction paper. Add a branch to 1 of the
leaves. Glue the pieces to the construction paper as shown.
Step 2. Egg Stage – Glue a rice grain to the leaf in the bottom left corner. This is the egg.
Step 3. Larva Stage – Bend and twist pipe cleaners to make a caterpillar. Glue
It to the next leaf.
Step 4. Pupa Stage – Crumple a small piece of aluminum foil. This is the
cocoon. It hangs from a branch. Add it to the model.
Step 5. Adult Stage – Tie a ribbon around a coffee filter to make a butterfly.
Color the wings. Add it to your model.
Step 6. Add arrows to your model to show how the stages connect.
THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT:
A butterfly’s life cycle has 4 stages. Butterflies lay eggs on leaves. A caterpillar
hatches from an egg. Caterpillars eat a lot of leaves to grow. Over time, the
caterpillar makes a cocoon called a chrysalis. In the cocoon metamorphosis
happens. The caterpillar changes into a butterfly and leaves the cocoon.
Butterfly Life
Cycle Model
MATERIALS:
• Rice grain
• Pipe cleaners
• Aluminum foil
• Coffee filter
• Ribbon or string
• Construction paper
• Crayons or markers
