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Metamorphosis: Caterpillar to Butterfly

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Metamorphosis: Caterpillar to Butterfly
4 min1st2nd3rdScience
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Summary

A short FreeSchool explainer on metamorphosis: caterpillar to butterfly. FreeSchool's clear, calm narration makes it an easy clip to drop into a 1/2-grade lesson.

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Discussion

Metamorphosis: Caterpillar to Butterfly is a short FreeSchool explainer you can drop into a lesson.

  1. What are the stages this living thing passes through?
  2. How does it change from one stage to the next?
  3. Which stage do you think is the biggest change, and why?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: life cycle, stage, grow.

Try it: Draw the life cycle in order and label each stage.

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