Life Cycles

 With spring comes a fun and exciting Science unit it kindergarten!  We will spend the next couple of weeks learning about the life cycle of plants and animals.  In class we will be observe caterpillars as they transform through the stages of caterpillar, chrysalis and butterfly.  We will release them once they turn into butterflies.  We will also be observing pea and bean plants as they grow.  We will compare and contrast them.  They are planted in a clear container so we will be able to observe how the seeds change and the roots as well. 

Day One

On Day One we observed the caterpillars and noticed some webbing at the bottom of the container. This is what caterpillars do in nature to protect themselves from predators and weather.  We also talked about the butterfly's life cycle and used some pretty cool magnets to display it on our board.  We are all very excited to watch our caterpillars grow!

    

We planted two bean seeds and two pea seeds today.  We are looking forward to watching these grow as well.  Today we learned that plants need sun, soil, water, and air to grow. 

Day 2

Today we learned about the life cycle of a plant.  We also observed our seeds from yesterday and noted no changes.  We watered the seeds and will check again tomorrow!

Today we observed our caterpillars some more.  The students noticed that they appeared to be a little more active today and they have made some more webbing.  The students also noticed that there are a lot of little brown specs in the jar.  That is their poop.  They thought that was pretty funny. 

I can project the caterpillars onto the whiteboard so they can get a nice big look at what they are doing!  

We look forward to sharing more of our butterfly and plant journey with you!