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Corrine Conidi
Professor Yard
EDU-225
November 6, 2015
RAFT Task Card: Science
Standards
ISTE: Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety
of digital environments and media.
Common Core: Strand 4: Concept 2: PO 1. Identify stages of human life (e.g., infancy,
adolescence, adulthood).
Learning Target: Students will be able to explain how the life cycle of a butterfly works.
Student Role: a television broadcasting crew
Audience: people living in your local area (classmates and teacher)
Format: a short video broadcast
Topic: What are the different stages in the butterfly life cycle?
Directions:
Get into groups of 3
Assign a filmer, car holder, and broadcaster
Go to http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle to review information about a butterflies life
cycle
Create a flip book of the different stages of a butterflies life
Type up a description of each stage onto giant notecards for card holder to display to
broadcaster
Locate at least three small clips to incorporate into your broadcast
Edit one minute video together on iMovie
Resources:
Life Cycle of Butterflies and Moths
http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle
The Butterfly Life Cycle
http://www.ngkids.co.uk/science-and-nature/butterfly-life-cycle
Interactive Sites for Education: Life Cycle of Butterflies and Frogs
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life_cycle/butterfly_game_9.17.swf
Life Cycles
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life_cycle/movie.htm
Assessment:
Use a camera and green screen to film a video broadcast of the stages of a butterflies life
cycle
You will receive 35 points for completing and presenting your group video to the class
RAFT Task Card: Science/English
Standards
ISTE: Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
Common Core: Strand 4: Concept 2: PO 2. Identify similarities and differences between
animals and their parents.

Learning Target: Students will be able to explain how the life cycle of a butterfly works.
Student Role: an author
Audience: readers of the magazine
Format: newspaper article
Topic: How do caterpillars become butterflies?
Directions:
Go outside and observe butterflies in their natural habitat
Capture a picture of a caterpillar and butterfly using a disposable camera
Print out the pictures
Create a compare and contrast chart on Word
Resources:
Difference Between Caterpillar and Butterfly
http://www.majordifferences.com/2013/05/difference-between-caterpillarand_13.html#.Vj1AM7erTIU
The Life Cycle Of A Butterfly
http://www3.canisius.edu/~grandem/butterflylifecycle/The_Lifecycle_of_a_Butterfly_print.
html
Assessment:
Type up a short article on how butterflies evolve over time (caterpillar to butterfly)
Print out article
Extra points will be given if you draw your own pictures side by side to the ones
printed
RAFT Task Card: Science
Standards
ISTE: Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
Common Core: Strand 4: Concept 3: Understand the relationships among various
organisms and their environment.
Learning Target: Students will be able to explain how the life cycle of a butterfly works.
Student Role: researcher/investigator
Audience: teacher
Format: PowerPoint
Topic: How well do you understand butterflies and their way of living?
Directions:
After learning about the life cycle of a butterfly, think about what a day in the life of a
butterfly looks like
Research what type of environment they live in, what they need to survive, etc
Take notes on an iPad about your findings
Draw pictures on Paint to illustrate your findings
Resources:
Butterfly Quiz
http://easyscienceforkids.com/fun-butterflies-and-moths-quiz-free-online-kids-quizzes/
All About Butterflies
http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-butterflies-and-moths/

Access the Internet for Additional ResourcesSearch: Information on Butterflies

Assessment:
Complete the butterfly quiz at the end of the lesson by accessing the link above

Row 1

Row 2

Row 3

****TASK CARD IS BELOW****

Role (Student)
Audience
Format
Television
People living in A short video
broadcasting crew
your local area
broadcast
(classmates and
teacher)
An author
Readers of the
Newspaper
magazine
article

Researcher/Investigato
r

Teacher

Power Point

Topic
What are the
different stages
in the butterfly
life cycle?
How do
caterpillars
become
butterflies?
How well do
you understand
butterflies and
their way of
living?