Flutter Away! Welcome 5th Graders!!!
One morning Mrs. Flutter look out at her garden and noticed all of her beautiful butterflies had disappeared! There used to be a time when her garden was full of beautiful butterflies. But yesterday Mrs. Flutter moved her garden and planted green shade plants underneath her weeping willow tree. She could not figure out why her butterflies had vanished so quickly! She guessed it was because her garden was in the shade of her large weeping willow tree. Mrs. Flutter decided to go the the town library and research information about what butterflies eat and where they like to live.
As a scientist it is your job to join Mrs. Flutters research journey and help her find out what butterflies like to eat and where they like to live.
Question for thought:
Why would Mrs. Flutter think it was the placement of her new garden that caused her butterflies to disappear?
What do you already know about butterflies?
Like many other living creatures, butterflies need food and a home in order to survive. Your challenge is to research information about butterflies and find out what they like to eat and where they like to live. Specifically, your challenge is to answer the following questions by keeping notes or the answers in a science notebook.
Where do Butterflies like to live?
What do butterflies eat?
What is the butterfly Life Cycle?
What color flowers are more attractive to butterflies?
Research Links
Butterfly Gardening
Butterfly in a Snapshot
All About Butterflies
Interesting Information
Super Challenge!
Here are some pictures of different kinds of butterflies. Use the butterfly identity links to help discover what the different kinds of butterflies are.
Butterfly Identity
Identification
The Finale!
Using your new found knowledge on butterflies, choose a favorite butterfly or two and create a perfect garden for them. What kind of plants would they need to survive? How would you structure your butterfly's habitat? What animals would you keep out of the habitat?
Just for fun!
Here are some fun games you can play.
Butterfly Memory
Butterfly Memory Challenge
Butterfly Math Garden
Butterfly Maze
Butterfly Maze Challenge
More Interesting Links!
Butterflies and Bugs
Butterfly Slide Puzzle
