Spiders & Butterflies
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SPIDERS & BUTTERFLIES
By: Taylor Duley
Teacher’s Page Objectives:Given the information about orb-web spiders, students will be able to define what an orb-web spider is, why they build a web, and how they build their web, with 100% accuracy. Given the information on the life cycle of the “American Lady” butterfly, students will be able to identify the characteristics and the four stages of the butterfly, with 100% accuracy.
Environment: Individually, at a computer, with headphones available, where talking is allowed.
Audience: Grades 1st-2nd, students who can and can’t read full sentences.Middle-class suburban community.
Students will be quizzed at the end.
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Quick Butterfly Questions
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Quick Spider Questions
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Alex the ant will help guide you along the way.
Let’s get started!Orb-web spiders
Pay attention, there will be a quiz at the end!
Alex the ant will help guide you along the way.
Let’s get started!American lady
butterflies
Pay attention, there will be a quiz at the end!
Orb-Web Spiders
What are they?
They are spiders that build their web in a circle.
Orb-Web Spiders
Why do they build a web?
They build a web to trap bugs for food.
Orb-Web Spiders
What kind of bugs do they trap?
They trap flies, moths, butterflies, and other insects.
More about orb-web spiders!
Orb-Web Spiders
How do they build their web?
With 6 steps.1. One thick silk
line.2. “Y” shape with 3
silk lines .3. Make outside silk
lines.
1 2
3
Orb-Web Spiders
More steps…4. Silk lines going
from the middle to the outside.
5. Spins a dry spiral starting in the middle.
6. Goes the other way and spins a sticky spiral.
4 5
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Quick Question #1
Trueor
False?
Orb-web spiders spin their web in the shape of a triangle.
Try again!
Correct!They spin their web in a
circle.
Quick Question #2It takes an orb-web spider 6 steps to
build it’s web.
True or
False?
Try again!Go back to
the web pictures if you are stuck.
Correct!The orb-web spider spins its web in 6
steps.
Quick Question #3Orb-web spiders catch people in their webs.
Trueor
False?
Try again!Can you get trapped in a spider
web?
Correct!Humans can’t get stuck in spider
webs.
Orb-Web Spiders
FUN FACT!Spiders are NOT insects. They are animals because they have 8 legs.
American Lady Butterflies
What does the American Lady butterfly look like?
A butterfly that has brown, yellow, and orange patterns on the top corners of the wings.
American Lady Butterflies The American
Lady butterfly mostly eats flower nectar.
Nectar is sugary-liquid made from plants.
Just like the sugar we eat!
American Lady Butterflies Their favorite
flower is the Aster flower (like in the pictures).
Keep going you are doing great!
American Lady ButterfliesThe four stages of the butterfly life cycle:
1. The butterfly lays an egg.
2. A caterpillar hatches from the egg.
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2
American Lady Butterflies3. The caterpillar
turns into a cocoon.
4. After some time, the adult butterfly hatches from the cocoon.
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Quick Question #1Nectar is a sugary-liquid butterflies eat.
Trueor
False?
Try again!Remember, it’s what
humans like too!
Correct!Butterflies love nectar.
Quick Question #2There are 6 steps in the life cycle of a
butterfly.
Trueor
False?
Try again!Hint: spiders have a 6 step way of doing
something, not butterflies.
Correct!Butterflies have 4 stages in their life cycle.
American Lady Butterflies FUN FACT!Butterflies do NOT have lungs like we do.
QUIZ TIME!
Question #1What do spiders trap in their web?A. MonkeysB. PencilsC. Flies
Try again
Well done!
Question #2What spider did you learn about?A. The Daddy L
ong LegB. The Orb-WebC. The Baby
Uh oh! Go back!
Yay!
Question #3The first stage in the butterfly life cycle is..A. EatingB. RunningC. Laying an egg
Try again, you can do it!
Awesome!
Question #4What butterfly did you learn about?A. DragonflyB. BeautifulC. American Lady
You can go back to the butterfly slides
if you need to.
Keep up the good work!
Question #5In order to make a web, does the Orb-Web spider need 2 things to connect his web to?A. YesB. No
Go back to the spider slides if you need to!
Great job!!
Question #6The Or-Web spider is known for spinning its web in what shape?A. RectangleB. CircleC. Square
Not quite!
That’s right!
Question #7The American Lady butterfly is mostly what color?A. BlackB. Hot pinkC. Orange
Oh no, go back and try again!
Woo Hoo!
ScoringIf you
scored an 8 or higher congrats!
If you scored
below an 8 go back
and review!
Congrats on completing the
lessons. I hope you learned a lot!
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