Goal:  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding about butterflies and moths.

Objectives:
-Students will be able to distinguish the difference between a butterfly and a moth.
  Bloom’s Taxonomy Level-Analysis
-Students will be able to define what a Venn diagram is.
  Bloom’s Taxonomy Level-Knowledge
-Students will be able to label a Venn diagram as a class.
  Bloom’s Taxonomy Level-Knowledge
-Students will be able to label the body parts of a butterfly.
  Bloom’s Taxonomy Level-Knowledge

Materials:  Chalkboard, science journals, Insects and Their Relatives, “Butterfly Body Parts” worksheet.

Time:  40 minutes

Introduction:  The teacher will ask the class what a butterfly is.  Is it a spider or an insect?  If the students choose insect, ask them why.  Have the students give the answers.

Development:  The teacher will first read “Butterflies and Moths,” (page 34-36) from the    insect book.
-The teacher will then make two columns on the chalkboard.  One column for butterflies     and the other for moths.
-The teacher will then look back at the reading and write characteristics of both the             butterfly and the moth into their corresponding columns on the chalkboard.
-The teacher will then explain to the students what a Venn diagram is.
-The teacher will then add the information into the Venn diagram.
-If the teacher wants to call on students, they can come up to the board and add the               information into the Venn diagram.
-The students will then copy the Venn diagram into their science journals.

Closure:  The students will be assigned the “Butterfly Body Parts” worksheet for homework.
 
 

Assessment: The students journals will be assessed for neatness, as well as the correct placement of information in their Venn diagrams.  The worksheet assigned for homework will be graded formally.