0613 OLS Jenny Plourde and Noah Elmore
Teacher Jenny Plourde helps her students release butterflies they raised at school during a science project about the lifecycle of a butterfly. Pictured here with her is first grader Noah Elmore.
First graders at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School were in a flutter with excitement as they participated in a special science project about the life cycle of a butterfly. As a part of their study of butterflies, the students watched their caterpillars grow into beautiful creatures.
The project included feeding and caring for the insects. Students wrote about their observation of the butterflies in a personal journal each day as they watched them transform from caterpillars to the chrysalis stage and finally to butterflies.
As a continuation of their study, the first grade class visited the Granny’s Butterfly Garden exhibit at the Birmingham Zoo. Upon their return to school, each child released his or her “school grown” butterfly one by one in the school’s prayer garden.
