Hey guys! Today I want to talk about one of the activities I did when I was teaching complete metamorphosis this year! In fourth grade, students need to know the difference between complete and incomplete metamorphosis. They also need to be able to visually identify which metamorphosis an insect goes through. For this activity I had students compare and contrast the life cycle of a butterfly and a ladybug. I have a real specimen of a butterfly life cycle and a plastic specimen of the ladybug.
First, I had the students draw the different stages of both insects.
Second, they had to answer question comparing and contrasting the butterfly life cycle with the lady bug life cycle.
Here is a picture of my students examining the ladybug and butterfly life cycle specimen.
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