Master Lesson Plan
Life Cycle of the Caterpillar

Grade Level:

K

Subject:

Science

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Goal Summary:

Living systems transition into predictable altering patterns. The butterfly is a part of a group of insects called Lepidoptera that has a predictable growth cycle that can be observed by children starting with the egg, the caterpillar, chrysalis, and finally a blooming beautiful butterfly. This thematic unit engages children to make artistic drawings of metamorphosis of a caterpillar by drawings, dramatizations, and observations of the life development of the caterpillar.

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Essential Questions:

1. How do living things differ and change over time?
2. What similar characteristics and differences do living things have in common as life cycle development occurs?
3. What are some of the differences and similarities of adults and children.

Understandings:

Children will understand the predicable growing cycles of caterpillars

Content Goals:

Prepared preschool graduates will recognize the dependence of living systems on natural selection.

Skill Goals:

1. Preschool children through observation will be able to explain the life cycle o butterflies.
2. Preschool children will be able to predict life cycles of butterflies and how butterflies change over time.

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