Fourth-grade students explore the life cycle of the Painted Lady butterfly using an inexpensive butterfly observatory. This interdisciplinary unit incorporates various journaling and illustration techniques that develop students’ observation skills. The article includes instructions for building the observatory.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 11/1/2002Stock # sc02_040_03_16Volume 040Issue 03

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