Life Cycle of A Butterfly

This is an example of an instructional mini lesson on learning about the life

cycle of a butterfly for EDT 3470.

What is a life cycle?

All organisms have a life cycle that has a beginning and ending. During the life cycle the organism can often take different shapes and sizes. The Butterfly life cycle is very dramatic with different stages and forms from a tiny egg, to a caterpillar, to a pupa, and lastly, to an adult with wings.

Stages in Butterfly Life Cycle

The butterfly begins as a tiny egg.

The egg hatches and grows into a caterpillar or larva.

The larva forms a pupa or chrysalis.

The adult butterfly emerges from the pupa with it’s lovely wings.

What stage of the butterfly life cycle has wings?

Egg Larva or Caterpillar

Pupa or ChrysalisAdult

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The adult butterfly has wings to fly around.

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This mini lesson was created by Howard Poole as an example for EDT 3470.

Edited by Brandy Croak

Information received from http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterflies/lifecycle/