Learning Path
Lifecycle of a butterfly Learning Path
By Niamh Brady
Follow the learning path in numerical order to discover the lifecyle of a butterfly.
4 resources in this Learning Path
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Life cycle - Monarch Butterly Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AUeM8MbaIk Added: 07 Jul 2016 Contributor: Cliodhna Ryan Resource type: Audio / VideoTime lapse video showing the life cycle. The complete lifecycle of the Monarch butterfly from a tiny caterpillar hatching from an egg, through metamorphosis, to glorious adult butterfly. Filmed with microscopic cameras and time-lapse photography.
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- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become aware of animals and plants of other environments
- become aware that animals and plants undergo seasonal change in appearance or behaviour
- observe growth and change in some living things
Suggestions for use: Set questions for pupils to answer from the video. Play video to class. Review questions. Alternatively; set up rotation stations with a video on various living thing life-cycles for pupils to look at and observe. At each station have a recording sheet/padlet for pupils to add facts too which they learn from the video clips on various living things.
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Lifecycle of a Butterfly
https://www3.canisius.edu/~grandem/butterflylifecycle/ Added: 24 Mar 2020 Contributor: Niamh Brady Resource type: Assessment / Presentation / Primary SourcePresentation with a quiz to accompany each slide.
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- 1-2
- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
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Lifecycle of a Butterfly and Moths - Information
http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle Added: 06 Jul 2016 Contributor: sarah Hardiman Resource type: ReferenceLots of real life pictures on the life Cycle of butterflies and moths with information.
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- 1-2
- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become familiar with the life cycles of common plants and animals
Suggestions for use: Use images as a comparison between the life-cycle of a frog, Ask pupils how is the life-cycle of a butterfly different than the life-cycle of a frog?
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Edible Butterfly Lifecycle
https://www.science-sparks.com/edible-butterfly-life-cycle/ Added: 07 Apr 2021 Contributor: Niamh Brady Resource type:This fun and creative activity helps children visualise a Butterfly Life Cycle by encouraging them to think of edible items to represent each stage of the cycle.
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Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- observe growth and change in some living things
- recognise and identify the external parts of living things
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become familiar with the life cycles of common plants and animals
