Butterfly and the Bog Beast
Field Trip Notes
The school soccer team is about to play a big game - and they need a new mascot. Janet, Arnold's bossy cousin, suggests the 'Bog Beast' as mascot, and the class heads for Butterfly Bog in search of the beast. There, the bus shrinks to butterfly size, and the kids are tricked, surprised, and frightened by what they think are 'Bog Beasts.' The kids discover that 'Bog Beasts' are really butterflies - winged wonders that protect themselves with camouflage and mimicry. The kids agree: A butterfly will make a great mascot. If only they can unshrink themselves by game time!
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Tricky Butterflies
Time: 30 minutes
Group Size: One
What You Need
Per child:
- Several sheets of construction paper
- Scissors
- Crayons
- Copy of TRICKY BUTTERFLIES page
- Sheet of notebook paper
- Several containers of glue for the group
Talk About It
Ask: How does the way butterflies look help protect them?
What To Do
- Ask: How would a butterfly have to look to blend in with a log? With a field of yellow flowers? (Kids should think about wing color, pattern, and shape - rounded wings may blend in with flowers.) What might happen to bright colors when a butterfly folds its wings? (Some wings are bright only on top and dull underneath, letting the butterfly blend in with dead leaves or logs.) Why do butterflies need these colors and designs?
- Give each group the materials and have children design butterflies that can protect themselves: Trickers (have eye spots, startling colors, or resemble foul-tasting butterflies) or Hiders (camouflage).
Next Stop
Have kids swap butterflies with each other. Ask: What can you tell about how the other children’s butterflies protect themselves?
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Magic School Bus Mysteries of Rainbows Science Kit
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Magic School Bus Mysteries of Rainbows Science Kit
Ms. Frizzle and her students take Young Scientists on a wild ride into the mysteries of rainbows with these awesome experiments. Young Scientists wear rainbow glasses, design a rainbow spinner, blow rainbow bubbles, make rainbow milk, bend white light, mix colored paddles, bounce light waves off ceilings, recreate Newton's prism experiment, and much, much more!
Seatbelts, everyone! Get ready to discover The Mysteries of Rainbows!
Note to parents:
We recommend that all experiments be performed under adult supervision.Materials:
- 20-page booklet with complete instructions
- Prism
- Paddles
- Rainbow glasses
- Eyedropper
- Flashlight (AA battery not included)
- Petri dish
- Food coloring
- Squares pieces of paper and plastic
- Blank CD
- Six crayons
- Bubble solution with wand
- Cardboard
- Small mirror
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The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition
The Teacher Store 
The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition
It's the 20th Anniversary of The Magic School Bus! Celebrate this groundbreaking series with the Friz's class as they meet some of history's greatest minds and learn what it takes to be a scientist. The class heads to the Walkerville Science Museum to see the exhibit on GREAT SCIENTISTS THROUGH THE AGES, where, suddenly, Galileo comes to life! He is about to make a great discovery, but he needs a ride home. Thank goodness Ms. Frizzle knows the way!
$15.99
Hardcover Book | Grades 1-4
Grades 1-4 $15.99
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