Process
As a whole class, watch the video about the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly by clicking on the butterfly.
At your tables, make a butterfly life cycle art project.
Materials Needed:
    Paper plate separated into 4 equal parts
    Markers, Glue, 7 kidney beans, 1 piece of brown 
    string (about 1 inch long), 1 bowtie pasta

Label each part of the paper plate. Write Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis, and Butterfly. Use the picture below to help you label.
1. Write number 1 inside the EGG
    section. Use a green marker to draw a
    leaf in the center of the "EGG"
    section. (You may also draw the       
    veins on the leaf). Glue 1 bean in  
    the center of the leaf.
2. Write number 2 inside the CATERPILLAR section.  Use a
    green marker to draw a caterpillar bigger than the beans. 
    Glue 5 beans side-by-side. Use a black marker to draw legs
    and an antenna.

3. Write number 3 inside the CHRYSALIS section.  Glue 1
    piece of brown string to represent a branch. Draw a green
    leaf next to the brown string (branch). Again, you may draw
    the veins on the leaf. Glue 1 bean under the leaf as if the
    chrysalis is hanging from the leaf.

4. Write number 4 inside the BUTTERFLY section. Glue 1
    bowtie pasta in the center of the "BUTTERFLY" section.
    Use a black marker to draw the antenna.
When your butterfly eggs are delivered, the teacher will put you into groups of four to explore a stage of the life cycle.  Your group will take photographs, research, and make a project for your stage of the life cycle.
Review the stages of the life cycle:

Diagram of the Life Cycle

Kidpix Art
Click on the picture of the boy chasing the butterfly to go to the rubric page.
Click on the picture of the stage that your group will learn more about!
Group 3:
Chrysalis Stage
Group 1:
Egg Stage
Group 2:
Caterpillar
Stage
Group 4:
Butterfly Stage
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