Spreading Our Wings in Second Grade
- School:
- Corkscrew Elementary
- Subject:
- Science
- Teacher:
- Amanda Peterson
- Students Impacted:
- 54
- Grade:
- 2
- Date:
- September 18, 2020
Investor
Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.
Plankey Air LLC - $330.90
Original Grant Overview
Goal
The students will participate in a yearlong learning experience about the butterfly life cycle, migration to Mexico (by tracking the Monarch butterflies), and the importance of butterflies to our environment.
What will be done with my students
The students will observe the butterfly life cycle. We will start our journey caring for milkweed plants and discussing what a host plant is and how caterpillars and butterflies rely on milkweed. The children will have the opportunity to watch the caterpillars go from little white egg to beautiful Monarch butterfly. We will track the days as pupa and witness the butterfly as it emerges from the chrysalis. The children will learn the difference and importance of the male and female butterflies.
The students will have the opportunity to learn how to tag a monarch butterfly so they can track their migrant journey to Mexico.
This year long experience will include discussions about the importance of Monarch Butterflies in helping nature as a pollinator and food source to other animals. The children will research whether the Monarch butterflies released in Florida migrate to Mexico as they discuss climate in regions of the USA.
Benefits to my students
Learning, researching, and experiencing the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly with have many benefits to the students. They will have "real life experience" that directly connects to the state tested standard on life cycles. The children will be able to use math skills when collecting data on the emerging of butterflies. They will get practice with map skills and geography when tracking the tagged butterflies.
They will also have mentor text in both fiction and nonfiction to help understand the Monarch and their journey to Mexico.
We will use podcast, articles, books, and real life experience to SPREAD our WINGS in second grade as they learn about Monarch Butterflies.
Budget Narrative
The above items will be used to teach three different classes about the life cycle of Monarch Butterflies and the migration of the butterflies to Mexico. We will share books and tracking tags. As we continue with the year long study, we will hopefully see our butterflies return to lay eggs and our milkweed flourish with regrowth.
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milkweed potted plants 9 plants | $108.00 |
| 2 | Butterfly net cages 7 cages | $84.00 |
| 3 | How to raise Monarch Butterflies (2 copies of book- nonfiction) | $17.98 |
| 4 | Gotta Go, Gotta Go (2 copies to share book) | $11.98 |
| 5 | Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly (2 copies to share book-fiction SEL) | $15.98 |
| 6 | Hurry and the Monarch (2 copies to share book fiction) | $15.98 |
| 7 | Monarch Butterflies (2 copies of book-nonfiction) | $15.98 |
| 8 | Charlie the Caterpillar (2 copies to share book-fiction) | $16.00 |
| 9 | Tracking Monarch Butterflies tags | $15.00 |
| 10 | Live caterpillar kits (2) | $30.00 |
| Total: | $330.90 |
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