Fly Butterflies, Fly!

Our butterfly project came to a (mostly) successful end.  We began our journey with 6 caterpillars.  All six formed chrysalis, and 5 hatched from their chrysalis.  Unfortunately, after hatching one of our butterflies perished in the cage.  In the end we were able to release 4 Painted Lady butterflies into the wild to continue the life cycle.  What an interesting, hands on activity this was for the students! 

After releasing our butterflies, the students created a model of the butterfly lifecycle with pipe cleaner caterpillars, masking tape chrysalis, and student create butterflies.  They are truly works of art!