The Very Hungry Caterpillar Project
Math
Make a chart with 5 different cut-out butterflies with names of them. Have easch student had  figure out which butterfly is their favorite. After that, each student was given a cut-out construction-paper butterfly and each student pasted it beside their choice. Once each student had voted, we compared each column of the chart. Compare!! How many more students liked the monarch than the swallowtail? Which butterfly did the most students like? The least? How many votes were there all together? You can come up with as many questions as possible. Get pictures from:
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/thumb/thumb.htm
http://hometown.aol.com/anphog/index4.html
Graphing: Directly after reading the book and going over the life cycles. I do a web with the students asking them their favorite foods and what they would have eaten if they were the very hungry caterpillar. Create a chart using Microsoft Excel. 
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