Extensions Measure the length of the caterpillar as it grows and weigh the resulting frass (droppings). Chart the change in size over time. Incorporate discussions about silk production in Japan and China. Words with Special Meanings (for understanding only, not to be tested) Caterpillar: see larva. Cocoon: a silken case inside which the pupa resides. Environment: the conditions and the surroundings in which something or someone lives. Exoskeleton: a hard protective covering found on insects, spiders, and other arthropods (the outer skeleton). Hypothesis (hypotheses, plural): a tentative explanation for a question that can be tested using experimentation. Larva (plural, larvae): worm-like stage of some insects, when they feed and grow. Metamorphosis: the change of an insect (or other animal) from one form to another as it develops into an adult. Molt: to shed the exoskeleton or outer skin and make room for new growth. As an insect grows, it molts several times before it reaches the adult stage. Observe: to look at and pay special attention to what something does, what it looks like, and how it changes. Predator: an animal that eats other animals. Predict: to guess what you believe will happen. Pupa (plural, pupae): the resting stage between a larva and an adult of an insect when immature totally change form to look and become adult. Self-protection: to keep self safe from danger. Bibliography Aardema, Verna. Who's in Rabbit's House? New York: Dial Press, 1977 Bartlett, Jaye. Caterpillar Had a Dream; A Poetic Story about Dreams Coming True. (with cassette) Somers, CT: New Age Books and Games, 1990 Berenstain, Stan and Jan. The Berenstain Bears Learn about Strangers. New York: Random Books for Young Readers, 1985 Carle, Eric. A Very Hungry Caterpillar. New York: Philomel Books, 1969, 1987 Coldrey, Jennifer. The Silkworm Story. UK: Audre Deutsch, 1983 Cooper, Elizabeth K. Silkworms and Science: The Story of Silk. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1961 Dallinger, Jane. Silkworms. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, Co., 1981 Delaney, Ned. One Dragon to Another. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976 Fleischman, Paul. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices. New York: Harper and Row, 1988 Freeman, Don. Dandelion. New York: The Viking Press, 1964 Goor, Ron and Nancy. Insect Metamorphosis. New York: Antheneum, 1990 Hooker, Y. The Little Green Caterpillar. New York: Putnam Publishing Group, 1989 Jelly Bean Books. Ten Loopy Caterpillars. Mexico: Ottenheimer Publishers, 1988 Jourdan, Eveline. Butterflies and Moths Around the World. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, 1981 Kennedy, Mary. Wings. Illustrated by Patti Stren. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1980. 32 pp. Kent, Jack. The Caterpillar and the Polliwog. New York: Simon & Schuster Inc., 1982 Lionni, Leo. Swimmy. New York: Random House, 1963 McClung, Robert. Sphinx: The Story of a Caterpillar. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1981 Mitchell, Robert and Herbert Zim. Butterflies and Moths. Racine, WI: Western Publishers Company, 1964 OÕHagan, Caroline. It's Easy To Have a Caterpillar Visit You. New York: Lothrup, Lee and Shephard, 1980 Paulus, Trina. Hope for The Flowers. New York: Paulist Press, 1972. Pluckrose, Henry. Butterflies and Moths. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 Selsam, Millicent and Joyce Hunt. A First Look at Caterpillars. New York: Walker and Co., 1974 Selsam, Millicent. Terry and The Caterpillars. New York: Harper & Row, 1962 Selsam, Millicent. The Harlequin Moth: Its Life Story. New York: Wm. Morrow and Co., 1975 Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. I'm Terrific. New York: Holiday House (Scholastic), 1977 Sterling, Dorothy. Caterpillars. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1961 Tweedie, Michael. A Color Treasury of Butterflies and Moths. London, UK: Orbis Publishers Co., Ltd., 1972 Wang, Herbert and Matthew Vessel. Our Caterpillars. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1977 Whalley, Paul. Butterfly and Moth. (Eyewitness Books) New York: A.A. Knopf, 1988

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