Inside The Chrysalis Box

Here are some closed boxes.

Here are the same boxes opened up.

This is what the empty chrysalis inside the box looks like.

Making A Chrysalis Box

Everyone made a special box for their empty chrysalis. We used origami paper and folded a bottom and a lid for the box. Then we used paper and pencil crayons to make a Painted Lady butterfly to sit on top of the box. We also put some shiny gold paper shapes on the sides to remind us of the metallic gold spots on the outside of the chrysalis.

Reflecting On Our Research Project

We wrote about what we liked best about the research project and what we would do next time to make it even better.

Our last butterfly outside in the grass.

Our Last Day With The Butterflies

When does the butterfly squirt out the blood?
My theory is when the wings dry off.

My favourite part was releasing the butterflies because it was fun to see the butterlies fly.

I liked doing the butterfly project.

My favourite part of the project was tasting the Gatorade because it was cool that we got to taste what nectar sort of tastes like.

-The Numbers Team

The eggs have a type of food for the caterpillars to eat.

Painted Lady butterflies look like Monarh butterflies.

-- The Pokemon Team

One of the butterflies looks like it is sick because it didn't pump its wing properly. There was one caterpillar that passed away before it turned into a chrysalis. My theory is when a butterfly comes out of its chrysalis it shows its tongue. One of the butterflies had a chrysalis stuck to its wing so we took it outside and later we saw that it was gone.

Why do butterflies drink nectar?
My theory is because it is a drink that is healthy for butterflies so it can make eggs and makes more butterflies.

How does a butterfly makes eggs to be a mom?
My theory is because an egg grows inside the stomach and comes out and it hatches and eats the shell.

- The Butterfly Team

My favourite part was taking the butterflies outside and letting them free because it was fun watching them fly away.

My favourite part was when the butterflies kept landing on the cement because we got a closer look at the butterflies wing.

- The Beta Team

My favourite part was when we made the butterfly model because I never used oil pastels before and it was fun.

It is sad that we have to stop doing research because we had so much fun when we were doing research and watching our caterpillars grow into butterflies.
- The Pandas

My favourite part was when we drank Gatorade because it was sweet and sour.

My favourite part of the project was letting the butterflies and chasing them because it was so much fun to chase them and watch them go out.
- The Butterfly Twins

Are butterflies and moths related?
My theory is they are because they kind of look the same in a way.

The Painted Lady is from North America and Europe.
- The A Team

My favourite part was when we got to release the butterflies because everybody chased them and we followed where they went.

Some butterflies can only eat ants and termites. The Painted Lady is one of them.
-The Japanese Team

Caterpillars have six arms and ten legs. I got it from a book.

The largest butterfly is 28 cm. I don't know the name.

- The Spike Team

An Emerging Butterfly

This butterfly just came out of the chrysalis. One of its wings is stuck inside. We tried to get it off but part of the chrysalis was still stuck. We took it outside to see if it could still fly. When we looked after recess it was gone. I think the wind blew it away. I think it flew away.
Here are five butterflies.

Setting Free The First Ten Butterflies

In this picture the butterflies are in the cage waiting to come out. The cage is outside and it is open so the butterflies can come out. When we opened the cage the butterflies the didn't come out right away. We got them out by using a stick. We got the stick and put it in the cage and got a butterfly to crawl on the stick.

Here is a butterfly that is on a branch. It is outside the class. We put it on the stick by putting the stick in the cage and letting the butterfly crawl on. After this picture was taken it flew away. It flew away really fast and high.

* The Pokemon Team

In this picture the children were chasing the butterflies to see where they were going. They are running because the butterflies were moving so fast and moving up in the air. We were surprised they went so fast when they got out of the cage because we never saw butterflies go so fast before. One of the butterflies in the cage was hiding. It looked like it didn't want to come out but it did.

- The Butterfly Team

Our Paper Butterfly Models

Here are the bright parts of the butterfly. The bright colours attract the other butterflies and that's how they show off to other animals. It was easy to make the model because we had to just draw one wing and then we folded the paper and then we cut it.

It looks very cool. These are models of the Painted Lady butterflies. We used thin cardboard, glue gun, oil pastels and a chopstick. We used plastercine to stick the butterflies up. The colours look like a Monarch butterfly on the top side.

* Comments by the Butterfly Twins and The Japanese Team




Here are the undersides of the paper butterflies that we made. The colours on the underside have to be dull because on the Painted Lady butterflies are dull. The colours are grey, white, tan and black.

These models were made using thick paper, oil pastels, chopsticks and we used clay to hold the models straight up. The hardest part of making the model was cutting it up. The best part was colouring it and making it fly after we glued the chopstick on.
*Comments by The Spike Team and The A Team