The Fox Den

We had an AWESOME day today!  Look for a white paper in our red folders telling all about the awesome experiments we did. 

The pupas are still in their cocoons.  The cocoons are different colors and shapes.  They are trying to be butterflies and they want to come  out. 

Last week we planted some lima bean seeds.   Each of us has our own cup with three seeds.  We learned that plants need water or rain, sun, and soil.  We can give them vitamins or fertilizer to help them grow.  Our cups are sittng next to the window because they need sun. 

Tomorrow is the Science Extravaganza!!!!!!!!  We are going to wear tennis shoes, shorts, and our Science t-shirts tomorrow.  We made bracelets out of beads but we don't know why.  AR

Yesterday Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Fox put the chrysalis' in the butterfly garden.  The butterfly garden has plastic on the top and bottom and netting on the side.  They had to be very careful so they would not fall off and die.  The caterpillars (called pupas now) are wiggling a bit in their chrysalis'.  They are green and brown in color.  Some day they will turn into butterflies! 

 

Now 4 caterpillars are in their chrysalises and 1 is hanging upside down.  They were hanging in a “j” shape but now their chrysalises are shaped like a pickle or an eye.  They are not moving and they cannot eat their food.  They molted so black parts of their bodies are in the bottom of the jar. Their chrysalises are orange, yellow, light brown and black.   They are about to be butterflies in two weeks.  We read that butterfly’s wings have scales on them, but they are not reptiles.  Butterflies are insects.  We love butterflies so much! 

 

Dictated by the students to Mrs. Fox

We can see the caterpillars moving around more than yesterday.  They are eating more.  Sometimes two eat at one time.  Their skin looks tighter.  Over the night they grew longer and a little fatter.  They are making silk to walk on, like a web.  They look prickly and their spikes are getting bigger.

Dictated by the students to Mrs. Fox

Today we got a box of 5 caterpillars in the mail!  After watching them and reading the instructions in the box, the students looked through many books about caterpillars.  We came up with a list of things that the students already know about butterlies and a list of questions that they have.  Enjoy!

What we know about butterflies:
-Some are poisonous
-First butterflies are eggs, then caterpillars, next pupas, then they hatch and the butterflies rest to dry their wings, last they fly away!
-Some butterflies are big, some are small.
-Cats chase butterflies.
-Some butterflies can fly more miles in an hour than others.
-The insects cannot be caterpillars and butterflies at the same time.
-Moths are butterflies’ cousins.
-Butterflies are colorful.
-A monarch butterfly is the king of all butterflies.
-A butterfly is bigger than a caterpillar.
-Butterflies are big insects.
-Moths eat sweaters.
-Butterflies have wings, but caterpillars don’t.
-A caterpillar makes a cocoon and turns into a butterfly


What do we want to know about butterflies?
-Why do butterflies eat sugary stuff?
-Why do butterflies have wings?
-How do butterflies eat?
-Do butterflies eat candy?
-Why do butterflies have antennas? 
-Why do butterflies look similar to caterpillars?
-How can butterflies fly?
-Why do butterflies have a roundy tongue?
-Do butterflies land?
-What do caterpillars do when they are in their cocoons?
-How do caterpillars become butterflies?
-How do butterflies smell?
-Why do caterpillars have to stay in a container?
-How does a caterpillar come out of a hard shell?
-How do caterpillars know when it’s time to come out of their pupa?
-Do butterflies have 6 legs?

First we un packt  our  backpack. Then we did our mornig work. Then  we did calender. Then we wached cheetah chanel. Then we did hokipoki.Then we grah our   favorite  color.                              Written by Nithya and Michael