My daughters class was working on a 21st Century project. They were studying the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly. They started with eggs, caterpillars, chrysalis and then butterflies. They kept a journal of their observations during the course of their project.
My daughter found caterpillars at home and asked if she could do a similar project at the house. So, I helped my daughter with her project. We got online and identified the caterpillar (eastern tent caterpillar) and proceeded to look up information on the care of the caterpillar. We collected the appropriate food source (fruit tree leaves preferable) and set up a habitat with tree bark and sticks. After several days the caterpillars went into the chrysalis then in about 3 weeks the caterpillars hatched. The eastern tent caterpillar does not become a butterfly but a moth.
On June 4, 2009, my daughters class (and a couple of others) will be presenting their projects to parents, teachers and school board members. They will become the teachers. My daughter also helped me by doing her own presentation at home with our project. To view a video of the project (part 1) click on the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwrCBYVzVSM
Monday, June 1, 2009
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