Our class have had a special project since we began the school year. We established a Caterpillar Creche in our classroom in an effort to save some of the many Monarch caterpillars who had no food to eat on the swan plants at school. We successfully raised and released 17 Monarch butterflies! Dispite the fact that marrow is not the preferred food, the caterpillars did eat, they did grow and they did spin a chrysalis. The children were able to watch the hatching process with the aid of a digital microscope. The image was magnified and shown on a T.V. screen which we had in the classroom. We had the awesome experience of watching the butterfly emerge, dry and straighten its crumpled wings. We experienced real joy when we released ithe butterfly into the sunshine.
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