The Monarch
Have you ever seen a monarch butterfly and think about how it came to be? The monarch experiences such an incredible change and my husband (aka Turkey Jay) was lucky enough to see the process for himself this weekend!
He took these pictures to show you the changes the monarch goes through. Isn’t it amazing?
Here is the process:
Did you know the monarch catarpillar (larvae) cannot survive without milkweed? That is what this caterpillar is nibbling on. This is the ONLY thing they eat.
Can you see the monarch’s wings inside the chrysalis? When you can see the wings, it’s ready to emerge! A monarch stays inside for 10-14 days. During that time, the caterpillar is going through big changes, also called metamorphosis.
And poof! The butterfly has emerged from its chrysalis and has flown away. A monarch butterfly only lives for 2-6 weeks.
Have you ever seen a monarch butterfly? What about a chrysalis?
Hello from Listowel!
Team 2 visited your blog yesterday. Thank you for connecting with us. We loved your dot pictures and we thought it awesome that you learned the exact same dot action song that we did! Our favourite thing about your blog so far is the caterpillar video. Some of us will write about it today. I might even write about it on the team 2 blog!
Thanks again for connecting with us.
Miss Versteeg and Team 2 – edublog.amdsb.ca/tema2eagles
Hi Team 2!
Thanks for visiting our class blog. We love visitors! Isn’t that Dot Day song so awesome? Did you learn the actions?
What are you learning in about in Science? We are learning about rocks and minerals right now and are using Mystery Science to get us started. We’ll be sharing some of our learning with you so come back and visit us again.
We hope you are having a great day,
Mrs. Sullivan and Gr.3s