Our class has been very lucky to have had 2 caterpillars in  an enclosure that have turned into Monarch butterflies.

Sriya, one of our Year 3 girls, brought 2 caterpillars in and we fed them milkweed for 1-2 weeks. Then we watched as the caterpillars turned bright green and started to spin a cocoon around their own bodies. They stayed in their cocoons for a few days, the cocoons turned black and then the Monarch butterflies hatched out.

Our class released the butterflies into the wild once they’d hatched.

We loved watching each part of the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly.

Monarch butterflies on PhotoPeach

What other life cycles could you tell us about?