Students in 4th grade at BCP observed as caterpillars change into butterflies in their classroom. Students in Room 410 received five tiny black caterpillars about one inch in length. Within a week and a half, they grew to twice that size! They ate a sugary substance that came with them in the bottom of their jar. Once they were that large, the next change began. The caterpillars crawled to the top of the habitat, formed a J, and began twisting and writhing around to form a chrysalis. It was like a thin beige skin around them. Approximately another week and a half, we came in to the classroom to see a new creature...a painted lady butterfly, or rather four of them. One had not hatched and actually never did. It happens. The metamorphosis was complete. The video you'll see is our ceremony to release the little captives into the environment and wish them on their way.
https://youtu.be/j4WYvajT2ig
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