Collage Project

This project was what I created after we read the book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." This book was about a caterpillar that couldn't get hungry, he ate and ate and ate. He ate until he got sick. After he ate a leaf he felt better. From this story I figured the most important character was obviously the caterpillar; therefore, I decided to try and make a replica of what I think the caterpillar in the story really would look like. I counted how many different things the caterpillar ate throughout the story and there were twenty-six different items he ate. I then made the caterpillars body out of twenty-six different segments. If I were a teacher I think I would have the class read this and then we could possibly do a math problem out of it. First off I would have each student make a caterpillar. I would then have them count all the foods the caterpillar ate up until he turned into a cocoon. They would make the caterpillar out of as many segments they got when counting the different foods the caterpillar ate. I believe this project would probably be for first or second graders. They would have to be able to read, count and use their memory. For a science lesson the students could study the life of a caterpillar and all the changes they go through. In social studies classes could study where caterpillars are mainly at or where the originally came from. Maybe for fun in a Physical Education class the students could dance or move as if they were a caterpillar. I would possibly extend this lesson by having the class show the caterpillar before and after he turned into a cocoon.