Today, during outdoor play, we made an exciting observation.
Our observations:
- "The Caterpillars are sleeping on the bark"
- "The caterpillars are crawling up the tree"
- "The caterpillars are trying to eat the leaves"
We wonder:
- Will the caterpillars turn into butterflies?
- Where did the caterpillars come from?
- Are they going to eat all the tree leaves?
"The caterpillars are going to go on a leaf"
"The caterpillars want to eat all the leaves"
"They are crawling in a line"
our caterpillars on a leaf art
Our New Learning:
- "Tent caterpillars eat tree leaves"
- "Tent caterpillars turn into moths"
- "They go in a cacoon"
- "They make tents on trees"
- "The tent caterpillars come from an egg and then turn into caterpillars".
This week, different caterpillars have been at the science centre!
Our observations:
"The caterpillars are bigger than the tent caterpillars"
"The caterpillars have spikes on them"
"The caterpillars have yellow dots"
"The caterpillars are eating the soy blocks"
We wonder about caterpillars:
- "What will the caterpillars turn into to?"- "Will they grow bigger?"
- "Where did the caterpillars come from?"
- "What do they eat"?
Our new learning about the butterfly lifecycle:
First, the caterpillars ate lots of food and got bigger.
Next, the caterpillars went into a chrysalis.
Then, the caterpillars moulted into a butterfly.
Finally, the butterflies came out of the chrysalis.
Lastly, the butterflies collected nectar from the oranges.
Our new learning about butterflies:
- "Butterflies come from a chrysalis"- "Butterflies drink nectar"
- "Butterflies need to dry their wings when they come out of the chrysalis"
- "Butterflies have red fluid on their wings when they come out of the
chrysalis". It is called meconium.
- "The caterpillars turned into painted lady butterflies!"
- "The butterflies have yellow spots on their antennas"
- "The butterflies have orange, black and gray wings. They have white spots
too"
- "Painted Lady Butterflies look like monarch butterflies. Painted Lady
Butterflies have a gray body and monarchs are black"
Today, we went to the park to set the Painted Lady Butterflies free!
Today, we found a bee in our yard!
Our observations:
- "The bee is drinking nectar"
- "The bee is getting food from the flower"
- "The bee has yellow stuff on it from the flower!"
- "The bee is getting pollen"
We wonder:
- What other insects drink nectar from flowers?
