Today we took a look at the contents of our painted lady butterfly kit and took some notes about the questions we have about what we found.
We Wonder...
- Will the caterpillars grow bigger? TB
- How do they make cocoons? MG
- How much do they eat every day? GG
- How much do they drink? MS
- Do they turn green? SG
- How often will we need to feed them? CN
- How long does it take until they turn into butterflies? KC
- Do they sleep? SK
- Will each butterfly have its own pattern? KT
- Will we get to hold them? TB
- What colour are the butterflies? DB
- Do they have certain colours if they are male or female? JL
- Do they smell? (Do they have noses that work AND do they give off an odor?) SG
- How many caterpillars are there? LP
- Can they see us? GG
- Are they going to be fuzzy? SG
- Are they all the same colour? MS
- Are they all going to go into cocoons at the same time and hatch at the same time? KT
- Do they see colours? AS
- Will we let them fly around the class? KT
- Do they poop? SK
- What do they drink? SG
- Where do they poop? MS
- How many babies do butterflies have? SG
- What is the food for the larvae made of? SG/TB
- What do butterflies eat? SG/TB
Here are some pictures of the kit and the final outcome of the day, which was getting the babies into their own little cups so we can watch them grow.
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| The traveling vessel for the larvae. That brown stuff is their food! |
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| The contents of the kit. |
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| Little homes for the babies to grow in for a couple of weeks. Each one will eventually make its chrysalis by hanging from the top of the container. |
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| All our little friends. Everyone had a chance to move one to its own container. |
And now we watch and wait patiently to see what happens. We will make observations every day to as they grow up.
