The first one, Harry Flutter, popped out on Tuesday afternoon.  He was joined yesterday by five more.  This afternoon the students counted seventeen!!  At the end of the day today, our one lonely (lazy) caterpillar, Bob was wandering on the roof of our cage.  We are hoping by tomorrow that he will be encased in his chrysalis.  Fingers crossed!!

All, but two, caterpillars have formed into their chrysalis.

We got a delivery of larvae last Thursday!  They are currently safely ensconced in their own food containers, for the time being.  We will be transferring them to a larger home, very soon, which is prepped with branches for them to wander along and, hopefully, use to hang from when they are ready to form their chrysalises.

We will be learning about the life cycle of the butterfly, and the changes they go through – metamorphosis.

Students put beans (three Lima and one pole bean) into a ziplock bag which contains a damp paper towel.  We will be watching the changes to see if the beans sprout, and how long the different stages of growth take.

Students will be posting their bean bag photos on their individual blog folios.

We have two plants that are the same.  One is on the window sill getting sunlight and water.  The other is under a brown paper bag.  It is getting water but no sunlight.  We will see what happens.

We cut a plant off of its root ball at the soil line.  We stuck the stem back into the soil.  Both plants are getting water, air, and sunlight.

We will monitor them to see what will happen.