:Butterfly
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Approach:  Station Level: Year 4
Focus: Life cycles 
Resources: Set of stickers; blank life cycle diagram in recording book
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Questions/instructions:

The butterfly changes as it goes through its life. This is called its life cycle.
(stickers shown in correct positions here)

% responses
2003 ('99)
y4
1. Stick one picture in each circle to show the life cycle of a butterfly.
eggs follow butterfly
90 (88)
caterpillar follows eggs
83 (77)
cocoon follows caterpillar
81 (73)
butterfly follows cocoon
83 (74)
2. Tick all of the boxes that have the right answers:
Butterflies are insects
ticked
89 (87)
Butterflies lay eggs
ticked
88 (90)
Butterflies are animals
ticked
26 (25)
Butterflies are mammals
not ticked
74 (68)
Butterflies are birds
not ticked
87 (87)
 
Total score:


8–9
52 (45)
6–7
29 (29)
4–5
15 (21)
0–3
4 (5)
Commentary
Only about a quarter of the year 4 students indicated that butterflies (like all insects) are classified as animals. There was little change in performance between 1999 and 2003.
 
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