Life Cycles

In this activity, students apply their computational thinking skills to explore the life cycle of a butterfly. The primary learning goal is to model the life cycle of a butterfly. Students will write this algorithm using conditionals and then program it on a computer. Students will discuss butterflies and life cycles with their partners. Then they will modify the program and use conditionals to create the model.

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Discipline: Science

Language: Scratch

Programming Concept:

• Conditional (if-then)
• Event
• Multimedia component
• Multimedia properties
• Relational operator
• User input
• Variable

Grades: K-3rd

Cultural Features:

No cultural features assigned

External link: Butterfly Life Cycle