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Student Artifact
{student_life_cycle.png} The finished PowerPoint slide created by a student as the final assessment
Scored Rubrics
Student A
2 point
3 points
4 points
5 points
Score
Creativity
No creativity shown.
Little creativity shown.
Some creativity shown.
Very creative.
5
Stages
No stages.
1-2 stages complete.
2-3 stages complete.
All stages completed.
5
Followed Directions.
Did not follow directions.
Followed some directions.
Followed most directions.
Followed all directions.
5
Complete Cycle
Project has not been done.
Only 50% of the project completed.
75% of the project is completed.
All of the project has been completed.
5
_20___/20
Student B
2 point
3 points
4 points
5 points
Score
Creativity
No creativity shown.
Little creativity shown.
Some creativity shown.
Very creative.
3
Stages
No stages.
1-2 stages complete.
2-3 stages complete.
All stages completed.
4
Followed Directions.
Did not follow directions.
Followed some directions.
Followed most directions.
Followed all directions.
5
Complete Cycle
Project has not been done.
Only 50% of the project completed.
75% of the project is completed.
All of the project has been completed.
4
_16___/20
Student C
2 point
3 points
4 points
5 points
Score
Creativity
No creativity shown.
Little creativity shown.
Some creativity shown.
Very creative.
2
Stages
No stages.
1-2 stages complete.
2-3 stages complete.
All stages completed.
3
Followed Directions.
Did not follow directions.
Followed some directions.
Followed most directions.
Followed all directions.
2
Complete Cycle
Project has not been done.
Only 50% of the project completed.
75% of the project is completed.
All of the project has been completed.
2
_9___/20
Reflection
Before teaching the butterfly’s life cycle I explained to my students that we would be learning about the life cycle but also be doing some fun activities to go along with the lesson, ,one of which would be like a test. This got their attention and gave them something to look forward to. While teaching the lesson this year, I gave the students a more hands-on experience. We made individual life cycles using different pastas that represented each stage of the butterfly’s life cycle. Almost everyone seemed to be able to follow, understand and enjoy the complete lesson. In addition to the pasta life cycle, I allowed my students to make booklets using drawing and writing sentences describing their pictures. During these activities, if any student needed assistance with any part, they received it. After teaching the lesson on the butterfly’s life cycle the majority of my students were able to understand and apply each stage. I noticed that using more hands-on activities and making it more about what they were doing rather than what the content was, they had more fun and retained more. I showed the students how I would like them to log on to the computer (using their log in and password) and make a PowerPoint of the life cycle. I realized getting to Microsoft PowerPoint wouldn’t be easy for every student, so they would get help with that. They weren’t graded on how they got to the program, but rather the finished product.

Through this lesson, students will learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. They will understand how living things grow and change and as they grow how they mature. They will also be given the opportunity to create a butterfly's life cycle.
Student Artifact
{student_life_cycle.png} Student ArtifactThe finished PowerPoint slide created by a student as the final assessment
Reflection
Before teaching the butterfly’s life cycle I explained to my students that we would be learning about the life cycle but also be doing some fun activities to go along with the lesson, ,one of which would be like a test. This got their attention and gave them something to look forward to. While teaching the lesson this year, I gave the students a more hands-on experience. We made individual life cycles using different pastas that represented each stage of the butterfly’s life cycle. Almost everyone seemed to be able to follow, understand and enjoy the complete lesson. In addition to the pasta life cycle, I allowed my students to make booklets using drawing and writing sentences describing their pictures. During these activities, if any student needed assistance with any part, they received it. After teaching the lesson on the butterfly’s life cycle the majority of my students were able to understand and apply each stage. I noticed that using more hands-on activities and making it more about what they were doing rather than what the content was, they had more fun and retained more. I showed the students how I would like them to log on to the computer (using their log in and password) and make a PowerPoint of the life cycle. I realized getting to Microsoft PowerPoint wouldn’t be easy for every student, so they would get help with that. They weren’t graded on how they got to the program, but rather the finished product.

Summary
Through this lesson, students will learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. They will understand how living things grow and change and as they grow how they mature. They will also be given the opportunity to create a butterfly's life cycle.
Student Artifact
{student_life_cycle.png} Student Artifact
Reflection
Before teaching the butterfly’s life cycle I explained to my students that we would be learning about the life cycle but also be doing some fun activities to go along with the lesson, ,one of which would be like a test. This got their attention and gave them something to look forward to. While teaching the lesson this year, I gave the students a more hands-on experience. We made individual life cycles using different pastas that represented each stage of the butterfly’s life cycle. Almost everyone seemed to be able to follow, understand and enjoy the complete lesson. In addition to the pasta life cycle, I allowed my students to make booklets using drawing and writing sentences describing their pictures. During these activities, if any student needed assistance with any part, they received it. After teaching the lesson on the butterfly’s life cycle the majority of my students were able to understand and apply each stage. I noticed that using more hands-on activities and making it more about what they were doing rather than what the content was, they had more fun and retained more. I showed the students how I would like them to log on to the computer (using their log in and password) and make a PowerPoint of the life cycle. I realized getting to Microsoft PowerPoint wouldn’t be easy for every student, so they would get help with that. They weren’t graded on how they got to the program, but rather the finished product.

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Standards
SC.F.1.1.3.1.1 knows ways organisms change as they grow and mature (for example, as people grow up their size changes).
SC.F.1.1.3.1.2 knows that living things grow and change in different ways and in different lengths of time (for example, butterfly, frog, daisy, pine tree).
Objectives: Students will...
understand that living things go through a life cycle.
be able to explain the life cycle of a butterfly.
create a butterfly's life cycle using technology.
Goals
Students will not only learn the stages that a butterfly goes through, but that they will also be able to create and construct a butterfly's cycle using materials in the classroom as well as technology.
Abstract
Anticipatory Set:
Now that we have talked about life cycles and gone through an insect’s life cycle, you are now going to create a butterfly’s life cycle. It won’t be how we normally create things, but rather something different. You are going to show me how a butterfly goes through its life cycle using a program on the computer. Everybody will get a chance to get on and create.
Teaching Procedures: 30 minutes per lesson
Review the life cycle of a frog and then of a butterfly.
Go over the terms for the life cycle of a butterfly: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis/cocoon), butterfly.
Put students in groups of three and have them define each stage.
Students will complete a short review of stages.
Show students an example of a completed PowerPoint of the life cycle.
Give students the opportunity to ask questions.
Review how students should go to the file once they log in to the computer to obtain the pictures of the stages.
Because there is a limit on how many students can get on the computer as a time, give students an alternative assignment while they wait their turn.
Steps 7 and 8 will be repeated each class period until each student has completed their project.
Alternative Assignment: Student will create a booklet with the stages. Each stage will need a detailed explanation of the stages. Students can decorate their booklet after they have fulfilled the requirements.
Closure
After each student has completed their life cycle, they will have the opportunity to present their PowerPoint and explain their project. Though they should all have the butterfly’s life cycle, each project will be different.
After presentations, students will complete an Exit Slip to wrap up the lesson and as a form of assessment.
Assessment
Online Quiz
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=life-cycle--butterfly_4
Technology**
The technology that would be used is the computer/internet. Students will log on like regular and follow the instructions to go to the quiz. As students complete the quiz, I will check and record their score.