Through this webquest you will explore the life cycle and the migration of Monarch Butterfly, which you can see right here in Vermont!
Life Cycle:
Butterflies as many other animals, begin as a egg.
When the butterfly
emerges from it's egg it turns into a caterpillar
After the butterfly
spends some time as a catterpillar, it wraps itself up into a cacoon.
Can you guess the
final stage of a butterfly life cycle?
A butterfly!! When it emerges from it's cacoon it is then a butterfly!
What happens when it gets cold in Vermont where do the butterflies go?
Have you ever seen a flock of butterflies flying over head or resting in a field altogether in the fall?
If you have these are butterflies migrating south for warner weather and to find more food!
Fall Monarch Migration Map
Your Quest:
Now that you know the basics of how a butterfly becomes a butterfly, and where they go when it gets cold, we are going to go a little deeper! Using the websites on this site and others that you might be able to find, you are going to create a play! This play is going to show what you have learned about butterflies and how they go from an egg to a butterfly. Your play should also show why butterflies migrate and what happens when it gets cold, and why butterflies go south. You can write the play by yourself and ask other students to be your actors or you can write it with a group of classmates, no more than four. The information that you have in your play should go beyond the information on this page, you will need to use the websites below and ones you may find on your own.
Websites to try with your Quest:
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm
http://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/monarchs.html
http://www.dcboces.org/sufsd/nassau/vitek/butterfly/
Butterflies as many other animals, begin as a egg.
A butterfly!! When it emerges from it's cacoon it is then a butterfly!
What happens when it gets cold in Vermont where do the butterflies go?
Have you ever seen a flock of butterflies flying over head or resting in a field altogether in the fall?
If you have these are butterflies migrating south for warner weather and to find more food!
Fall Monarch Migration Map
Your Quest:
Now that you know the basics of how a butterfly becomes a butterfly, and where they go when it gets cold, we are going to go a little deeper! Using the websites on this site and others that you might be able to find, you are going to create a play! This play is going to show what you have learned about butterflies and how they go from an egg to a butterfly. Your play should also show why butterflies migrate and what happens when it gets cold, and why butterflies go south. You can write the play by yourself and ask other students to be your actors or you can write it with a group of classmates, no more than four. The information that you have in your play should go beyond the information on this page, you will need to use the websites below and ones you may find on your own.
Websites to try with your Quest:
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm
http://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/monarchs.html
http://www.dcboces.org/sufsd/nassau/vitek/butterfly/