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Worcester Prep classes study life cycles of butterflies and ladybugs

December 8, 2019

Worcester Prep kindergarteners and third-graders simultaneously studied the life cycles of butterflies and ladybugs for weeks this fall as part of their science units.

Kindergarteners in Kelley Burton’s and Heather Dennis’s classes raised monarch butterflies. Third-graders in Lisa Good’s and Abby Harrison’s classes raised ladybugs.

The curious students observed their insects going through similar metamorphosis processes by recording and illustrating the life cycle changes they witnessed. Both the butterfly and ladybug go through four similar stages including the egg, larvae, pupa and adult.

Although they will miss the beautiful butterflies and ladybugs they raised, the students were thrilled to release them on the playground and in the children’s garden.

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