Butterfly+Life+Cycle+Student's+Authentic+Task

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A great classroom experience for the kids; a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis! Students can photograph and document the butterfly's growth, and comment on their learning. ** Student's Task: ** You are required to use camera, which will be provided by the teacher to take photos on each butterfly stage over 4 weeks period.
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 * Day 1:** The mother butterfly lays her eggs.


 * Day 4:** Small eggs are visible on the plants.


 * Day 15:** Caterpillar emerges from the egg and eats to build sustenance.


 * Day 23:** Caterpillar glues itself to leaves of a plant and becomes a **Pupa.**


 * Day 28:** Butterfly emerges from the cocoon. Whilst the butterfly has been inside it has been going through the change of caterpillar to butterfly. The struggle of forcing their wings through the cocoon shifts fluid into the wings that allows the butterfly to take flight as soon as it is free from the cocoon. The battle creates strength. Whilst the butterfly has been inside it has been going through the change of caterpillar to butterfly.

The next steps,you will be creating a recount based on what you have seen and felt by using the 'Photostory' software.(see free download link) That is, putting photos in order and narrating on each page. Photostory is a software that allows you to create your own story, uploading photos,narrating stories and adding music to your project. You will be having someone from the upper grade to help you with this task. At the end, some of the student's stories wii be posting up on the school website and share with the whole school students!

Note to teachers: in this task, teachers can assign a buddy which can be a group of upper grade students to help Year 3 class students in this project. Older grade students can help with uploading photos, correcting spellings and help Year 3 students with any technical issues.


 * If you need any help with using photostory, here is the Photostory Tutorial ready for you！ **


 * Create a New Project**


 * Import New Photos**
 * Select Pictures**
 * Editing Texts and Photos**




 * Not a good reader? Never mind. Here is the 'Photo Story 3 Tutorial' YouTube video. **

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 * References： **

JAKESONLINE.org.(2005). Retrieved 08/05/2012 from JAKESONLINE.org website @http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory.pdf

InPhotomation.(2008).Photo Story 3 Tutorial [Video file]. Retrieved 08/05/2012,from @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0oH9qE9qEY