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Westwood Elementary Students Release Butterflies

Westwood Elementary Students Release Butterflies
A young girl in a black t-shirt smiles at the camera while holding a butterfly on a piece of fruit, with other children playing in the grassy background under a tree-lined sky.
  • 2022
  • September

A unit on life cycles is taking Westwood Elementary second graders to the great outdoors.

On September 16, the students released the butterflies they had been studying. By observing caterpillars and their metamorphosis into butterflies, students learned about the similarities between what butterflies need and what humans need to grow.

"One of the best parts is watching the kids be so careful with the butterflies after they are released," said Westwood teacher Alex McKee, M. Ed. "The kids get to see them grow up from itty bitty caterpillars to fully grown adult butterflies, so they feel really protective of them."

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Children in the foreground lean over a blue table to observe a butterfly, while a woman and a butterfly net are visible in the blurred background.
A young boy in the foreground holds a butterfly on a piece of fruit, while blurred figures of children and a building are visible in the background.
A young boy in a t-shirt with an astronaut design holds out a butterfly on an orange slice, with a large blue butterfly enclosure and other children in the background.
A young boy rests his chin on his arms, looking intently at a butterfly habitat in the foreground, while blurred figures and a blue structure are visible in the background.
Two smiling girls in the foreground hold orange slices, while other children and a building are visible in the background.
A young girl in the foreground reaches into a butterfly enclosure while a teacher and other children observe in the background.
A young boy in a gray t-shirt smiles at the camera while holding a halved orange with a straw in it, with a brick building and grassy area in the background.
Three young girls smile at the camera, each holding a butterfly on their hand, with a school building and grassy field in the background.
A young girl in a black t-shirt smiles at the camera while holding a butterfly on a piece of fruit, with other children playing in the grassy background under a tree-lined sky.
A young girl in a yellow shirt smiles at the camera, holding a butterfly on a piece of fruit, with other children and adults visible in the blurred background.
A smiling young girl in a colorful shirt holds a butterfly on a piece of fruit in the foreground, while other children and adults are visible in the background under a covered picnic area.
A young boy in an orange shirt holds an orange slice with a butterfly on it, while a group of people and a soccer field are visible in the sunny park background.
A woman and a young girl smile at the camera in the foreground, with a blurred background of people and a soccer field.
A young girl smiles at the camera holding a slice of orange with a butterfly on it, while a mesh butterfly habitat and other children are visible in the blurred background.
Four smiling girls sit on grass in the foreground, with a picnic table and other children in the background.