WebQuest
Metamorphosis of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
Process
Task #1: Each team will read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." A team member will take notes on the foods the caterpillar ate; another team member will take notes to determine questions the team will pose in their recreated version of the story.
Task #2: While visiting the web links, determine the life cycle of a caterpillar. Compare and contrast the process of the life cycle of a caterpillar/butterfly to other animals/organism. Analyze these life cycles and make sure your team adds this information to your recreated books.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coloringbook/sketch_butterflies.html
http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/LifeCycleProject/lesson1index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMqYUlMUllA&feature=channel_page
Task #3: Recreate the story and create a book which includes the life cycle of a caterpillar; pose questions to the reader; in a section of your book compare and contrast the life cycle of the caterpillar to another animal/organism.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/nutrition/fruit-book.htm
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm
http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/pub/brochure.pdf
Task #4: Using the attached tally sheet and the internet, your team will analyze the foods the caterpillar consumed and tally/determine which foods were nutritious and non-nutritious. Discuss why the team feels each food is healthy or unhealthy. From the tally sheet create a bar/column graph.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HP051994911033.aspx
After having read the story, and completing your tasks, have fun by clicking on the following link to explore life cycles.
Click on this link
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/judi/life/activities/cycles/life_cycles.html
Click and drag the picture to the appropriate numbered box.
The first stage in the life cycle goes in Box 1 and so on.
Continue through the butterfly, frog and tree life cycles.
Upon completion, can you draw a series of 3 boxes with pictures inside that describe the life cycle of a bird?
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