Caterpillar Update

We had an incredible time monitoring our caterpillars last week! This post will walk you through our week!

DAY 1

Many children started recording their observations right off the bat! This student wrote "I see black and I see brown" on the first day.  These observations were made through the cup as the lids were closed!
                 DAY 2

             

Day 2 was extremely exciting as we took the lids off and found caterpillars! 

                DAY 4

As a student wrote in her observational booklet, the caterpillars were "hanging".  All of them had made their way to the top of the cups and were starting to suspend themselves on the lids. 

             DAY 5

We started Day 5 (Friday) with the excitement of finding that one of our caterpillars had already formed a chrysalis. We finished the day by taping the paper liner that the chrysalis was attached to on the screen for our aquarium. Mrs. Garrow took the rest of the cups home for the weekend to keep an eye on them! Two days later a visit was made to the school so all of the cocoons could be attached to the screen.  Now the waiting begins!