Food Chains and Metamorphosis

How can we illustrate the importance of the sun's energy?

   Text and pictures in "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle proved to be an excellent way to illustrate how food provides us with the energy we need to grow and where that energy comes from.  We became familiar with two concepts:  the food chain and metamorphosis.  The caterpillar needed food to grow and change just the way we do.  It takes energy from the  sun to give it enough energy to change.  We used popcicle sticks, pipe cleaners and coffee filters to create the amazing transformation.  Kindergarten students paint coffee filters with watercolors to represent butterfly wings. 

They pull the wings through the pipe cleaner so that they can fly.

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