As I was brainstorming what to focus my Prezi on, I decided to choose one of my most memorable learning experiences as a student. When I was in 2nd grade our class harvested our own Monarch Butterflies after learning about the butterfly cycle. This was a great reinforcing activity for the material we learned. For the basis of this assignment, the Prezi focuses on the 2nd grade science SOL aspect of life processes. In this specific SOL "students will investigate and understand that plants and animals undergo a series of orderly changes as they grow and mature (animal life cycle)." During the Prezi, students are presented with the 4 stages of the Monarch Butterfly life cycle (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly) as well as, a short descriptive poem that I created to accompany each. I created this poem this past summer as I covered the same topic with my summer students and I think this Prezi would be beneficial in reinforcing the information in a fun way. I also provided 2 resources as the end of the Prezi, which were pictures of a similar classroom butterfly kit and a nonfiction book of the butterfly life cycle. I think the butterfly harvesting kit would be a great experience for all students and it could be used across subject areas as well. I specifically liked the book I provided because there is additional information regarding Monarch butterflies that might be interesting for students, such as diet, wing span, migration etc.
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