Suncoast Credit Union

The goal of this project is to enhance our science curriculum. In third grade, we learn about life cycles of plants and animals. This grant will provide an amazing learning experience. Students will understand life cycles by watching the life cycle of Monarch butterflies. They will learn more about and appreciate nature. They will also work on responsibility skills by daily watering the milkweed plants. Once the milkweed plants produce seeds, they will plant them so new milkweed will grow.

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Monarch Mania

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School:
Veterans Memorial Elementary 
Subject:
Science 
Teacher:
Laura Cecil 
Students Impacted:
160 
Grade:
3 
Date:
July 21, 2022

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Suncoast Credit Union - $264.00

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 700

The whole school is able to see and enjoy our milkweed/butterfly garden. We have grown milkweed from seed and watched it grow, get pollinated and produce it's own seeds that we then planted. The students have observed butterlies lay thier eggs and then we watch the eggs until a tiny black speck comes out (caterpillar). They have watched many caterpillars eat, grow and create a chrysallis to begin it's metamorphosis. The students have even witnessed the moment a butterfly emerge from its chrysalis. It is a memory that they will carry with them for years to come. Being able to observe the life cycle instead of just reading about it has made a huge impact in their learning. 

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Checking for eggs and caterpillars

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Our first seed pod

 

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Planting milkweed seeds that we grew ourselves.

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A butterfly emerges!

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

The goal of this project is to enhance our science curriculum. In third grade, we learn about life cycles of plants and animals. This grant will provide an amazing learning experience. Students will understand life cycles by watching the life cycle of Monarch butterflies. They will learn more about and appreciate nature. They will also work on responsibility skills by daily watering the milkweed plants. Once the milkweed plants produce seeds, they will plant them so new milkweed will grow.  

 

What will be done with my students

This grant will enable my class to plant milkweed plants. This plant is a butterfly attractor. Butterflies lay their eggs on the milkweed. Once the caterpillar hatches, it will live its whole life on the plant. It is its home and its food source. When it is time for the butterfly to form a chrysalis, it will move off the plant and find a place nearby to begin the metamorphic process. By using an enclosure, the students will monitor and observe this process from egg to butterfly.  

 

Benefits to my students

Students will work in the garden each day (planting and watering). They will monitor the progress of the caterpillars and get to watch the metamorphic cycle of the Monarch butterfly. All third grade students will benefit from this project. It will also be available to all students at VME to observe and learn from this process. This project could benefit over 700 students! 

 

Budget Narrative

Milkweed plants will be grown from seed so students can observe the growing process. The soil will go into the planter for the milkweed. The hoops and netting will be added to keep the caterpillars enclosed so students can observe the metamorphosis.  

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 Raised Garden Bed/ Wood Planter $85.00
2 6 large bags of potting soil $120.00
3 Butterfly Netting $17.00
4 Garden Hoops $24.00
5 Tax $18.00
  Total: $264.00

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