Butterfly+Life+Cycle+Video+Resources

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You tube is a fantastic resource for the classroom. Showing students a video of the butterfly life cycle as an introduction to thier authentic learning task sparks the interest of what they will really see happening as they care for a butterfly in the classroom. Seeing the developing stages of the butterfly and how dramatically it changes in each stage allows students to get excited about what they are going to see using the chrysalis kit in the classroom.

The following are a couple of videos from you tube that I thought were fantastic for use in the classroom.

Kindergarten Butterfly Life Cycle - this one is a video made by the children, very entertaining and a fantastic idea to get the kids engaged.

Life Cycle of a Butterfly - this one is a slowmation video. The producer has used playdough to shape the developing phases of life and using a camera to take photoes. The photoes have then been joined to make a running film of the cycle. A great task for students to try. More about slowmation.

Complete Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly - this video would be fantastic to give a more real life encounter with the butterfly. It would be benefitial for the teacher to read out the captions though so that students could focus on the images rather than trying to read the words.



Teacher Tube is also a fantastic Video Resource for the classroom.

The Four Stages of Butterfly Life Cycle - this video is great for showing the distinct stages of butterfly cycle, the voice over is wonderful and very informative however the acctual change between stages is missing by only showing photoes. Combined with other resources this vidoe would be great.

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly - this video makes the information fun and engages the viewer by asking questions. Young students would really enjoy this video.


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