🦋 Discover Metamorphosis With a Butterfly Life Cycle Diagram🦋

Are your students learning about the different stages in a butterfly’s life cycle? We can help with a handy Butterfly Life Cycle Diagram Poster Pack that you can print and use right away! With these posters, your students can learn all about metamorphosis and observe the fascinating changes in nature. These posters are a great stimulus for young students to talk about how various animals may have different features when they are young versus when they mature.

This Butterfly Life Cycle Diagram Poster pack contains 6 colourful posters, each with information about the life cycle of a butterfly:

• life cycle diagram
• butterfly
• caterpillar
• chrysalis
• egg

How to Make the Most of Your Life Cycle of a Butterfly Poster

1. Print the posters and display them in your classroom for students to reference when doing independent work.
2. Print the posters, slip them into a clear sleeve, and use them in your guided groups as a reminder.
3. Print the posters, slide them into a clear sleeve, and hang them on a ring as a reference tool for a learning group.

We’ve also come up with bonus ways to use this Life Cycle of a Butterfly Poster in your classroom!

• Model sequencing language by pointing to each stage and using terms such as first, next, then, and last.
• Encourage partner talk by having students explain one stage of the process using the poster.
• Place the poster near science or investigation centres as a visual support.
• Use the poster during oral language activities to build complete sentences.
• Lead oral repetition of vocabulary using the poster as a visual prompt.
• Model how to read a scientific diagram by following arrows and labels.

Download This Butterfly Life Cycle Poster Pack

You can download this Life Cycle of Butterfly Poster Pack in a single click! All you have to do is click the Download button to access the PDF resource file containing all three variations of the poster.

Resources to Pair With This Butterfly Life Cycle Poster Printable

Don’t stop there! We’ve got even more resources that you can pair with this Butterfly Life Cycle Poster Printable. Make sure you check these out before you go!

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Life Cycle of a Butterfly Activity - Printable Accordion Book

Re-create the life cycle of a butterfly with a printable butterfly life cycle accordion book craft.

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Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet Pack

Identify the stages in a butterfly's life with a fun printable from our Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet Pack.

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The Butterfly Life Cycle Sentence Strips

A booklet of the life cycle of a butterfly.