Lesson plan for a 4th grade class on the life cycle of butterflies. The students will be divided into 4 groups of 5. They will play an online hangman game to review vocabulary. Then each group will research butterfly anatomy using provided websites, design their own butterfly by labeling its body parts, and write a brief description. Next, the groups will investigate the butterfly life cycle using additional websites and videos, and answer questions. Finally, students will present their butterfly drawings and descriptions on a classroom poster.

1. Lesson plan #2
4th grade
Teachers: Micaela Brot, Carla Podworny
Pattern of interaction: 4 groups of 5 students each.
Topic: The life-cycle of the butterfly
Warmer (5’)
Ss will play “The hang man” with some words we previously introduced that are related to
their work on caterpillars. They will have to enter this web page:
http://www.hangman.no/ select the language, and enter the play code that we will give
them: htpcbefjcjda
After they have played with the five words we introduced, we will go on working on the
webquest.
Web (30’)
We’ll continue working on the webquest “Caterpillars”
This time, we’ll work with points 3 and 4.
In point 3, Ss will have to investigate about the anatomy of butterflies; invent an own
butterfly; decorate it and with the information gathered from the web pages, indicate all
its body parts. Afterwards, they will have to write a brief description of it. The links they
will search are the following:

2. a) http://www.english-online.at b) http://teachers.greenville.k12.sc.us
The body of the butterflies Butterflies’ anatomy
In point 4 they will have to investigate about the life-cycle of the butterfly, and answer
some questions in the same word document as for the previous questions. (We will
develop this point the following class as well) The links and videos they will search are the
following:
a) http://www.thebutterflysite.com/ The life-cycle of the butterfly - Information
and videos
b)

3. b) http://www.enchantedlearning.com c) http://www.youtube.com
The life-cycle of the butterfly - Pictures The life-cycle of the butterfly - Video
What next (10’)
Teachers will bring a big poster with the picture of a butterfly and all its parts. Some Ss will
read their descriptions, and then, one by one, they will stick their drawings on the big
poster.