20/10/2008 (Monday)
a) Wow……butterflies!
* Yes! Finally the butterflies are formed! We predicted the date correctly as the 14th day on Sunday
(19/10/2008).
l* Altogether there were about 8 butterflies. It seemed that some cocoons were lying at the bottom of the cage.
* Some were trapped in between the cages wiring. Thus, I used chopsticks to take out the unmovable butterflies.
Altogether there were 5 unmovable butterflies. That’s very disappointing.
* We put them in a transparent plastic bag hoping that they could still survive. The kids also plucked flowers for
the unmovable butterflies. The other normal butterflies were alright and we fed them with flowers.
* One little butterfly flew out. We wanted to release the other 2 butterflies but their wings were slightly injured.
Thus, we decided to take care of them until they are ready to fly out independently.
* Teacher Huang made some honey for them to suck.
* The kids saw how the butterflies suck the sweet honey with its mouth that looks like a straw.
b) A closer look
* True enough, the unmovable butterflies were dead. Thus, I took one of them out to show the kids. They
identified the wings, the male / female, the black eyes, the six legs. They even touched the wings and learnt that
they composed of a lot of little dust.
* We would frame the dead butterflies. However, as we had never done that before, the principal promised to
do some research on it.
* The kids organized their observation record from 3rd October until today. They analyse their record which is
the process.
* The kids proceeded to draw today’s butterflies.
* We flipped through some books and discovered that the butterflies were closest to the species: Tree Nymph.
c) The Stag Beetles.
* They looked at the toy beetle. Why does it have horns?
* Horns show that they are males. Females have very short but sharp pinchers.
* The males would fight with another male to conquer a new home or a female Stag beetle.
* The female beetle would dig the log with its pincers so that it can lay eggs.
* A Stag Beetle has the same life cycle as the butterflies. Egg – larva – cocoon – adult.
* They can live for 5 years whereas butterflies can only live for a few weeks.
d) Airport Colouring
* Yun Zhe and Zi Yang continued with their Airport colouring.
* Meanwhile, I called the kids individually to paint their “BEN 10 Airport”.
a) Wow……butterflies!
* Yes! Finally the butterflies are formed! We predicted the date correctly as the 14th day on Sunday
(19/10/2008).
l* Altogether there were about 8 butterflies. It seemed that some cocoons were lying at the bottom of the cage.
* Some were trapped in between the cages wiring. Thus, I used chopsticks to take out the unmovable butterflies.
Altogether there were 5 unmovable butterflies. That’s very disappointing.
* We put them in a transparent plastic bag hoping that they could still survive. The kids also plucked flowers for
the unmovable butterflies. The other normal butterflies were alright and we fed them with flowers.
* One little butterfly flew out. We wanted to release the other 2 butterflies but their wings were slightly injured.
Thus, we decided to take care of them until they are ready to fly out independently.
* Teacher Huang made some honey for them to suck.
* The kids saw how the butterflies suck the sweet honey with its mouth that looks like a straw.
b) A closer look
* True enough, the unmovable butterflies were dead. Thus, I took one of them out to show the kids. They
identified the wings, the male / female, the black eyes, the six legs. They even touched the wings and learnt that
they composed of a lot of little dust.
* We would frame the dead butterflies. However, as we had never done that before, the principal promised to
do some research on it.
* The kids organized their observation record from 3rd October until today. They analyse their record which is
the process.
* The kids proceeded to draw today’s butterflies.
* We flipped through some books and discovered that the butterflies were closest to the species: Tree Nymph.
c) The Stag Beetles.
* They looked at the toy beetle. Why does it have horns?
* Horns show that they are males. Females have very short but sharp pinchers.
* The males would fight with another male to conquer a new home or a female Stag beetle.
* The female beetle would dig the log with its pincers so that it can lay eggs.
* A Stag Beetle has the same life cycle as the butterflies. Egg – larva – cocoon – adult.
* They can live for 5 years whereas butterflies can only live for a few weeks.
d) Airport Colouring
* Yun Zhe and Zi Yang continued with their Airport colouring.
* Meanwhile, I called the kids individually to paint their “BEN 10 Airport”.
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