Ages 5–7🔬 ScienceBeing planted

Caterpillar to butterfly

Caterpillar to butterfly: the life cycle of a butterfly as an observable transformation. Egg → caterpillar → chrysalis → butterfly. The idea that one creature can change its whole form. Classroom butterfly kits, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

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Question 1 of 3

Which of these shows the butterfly’s life cycle in the right order?

Question 2 of 3

Which sentence shows that a caterpillar and a butterfly are the same creature at different times?

Question 3 of 3

Jenna is telling the story of a butterfly she watched. She mentions three stages in the order she saw them: ‘egg’, then ‘caterpillar’, then ‘butterfly’. Which stage did she forget, and where should it be placed in her list?

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