Have students graph the experimental results, and then have a class discussion about what the data tell us about butterfly flight. Each student is to create a freestanding, four-legged animal from the clay only. Students are challenged to have their animals display realistic body proportions and to make them as tall as possible without falling over. Students may want to start with the list of skyscraper projects, completed and under construction, at Information Please . Have students present their findings to the class by relaying information on the height, time to complete, amounts of materials, and overall cost of the skyscraper project.
Students can form cooperative groups to conduct research and present information.
Back to Top Bugs of the World George C. McGavin. Facts on File, 1993. Reading this book will help you learn how to collect and classify bugs and also gives you information about their structure, diseases, enemies, defenses, food, mating, and interaction with people, which can be harmful, helpful, or benign. The Science Times Book of Birds Nicholas Wade, ed. Lyons Press, 1997.