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9 comments:
Sarah,
I feel lucky to be coordinating this project with you!
It's going to be a fantastic learning experience for everyone.
Hello, Christina Godsey here. I'm excited to start another project. I'm hoping to get ladybugs for my class so we can see them change. I teach second grade in Columbus, Ohio. My students love the online projects and I always get the best work from them. Well they just came in so I better run.
Christina Godsey
Welcome Christina. This project should be very exciting. What grade level are your students?
Hi to all learners and thanks to Sarah and Susan for creating this project. I just sent an email to all the teachers in my school urging them to sign up for this project.
I just finished the Frosty project and loved it!
Looking forward to learning more...
~Nicole
We have a question...
One of my students named David thinks that the spots on a lady beetle signify his or her age. Is this true or just a myth?
Excellent question! Maybe your students can do some research and see if this is true and let us all know.
My guess is that it is not. I think there are different varieties of Ladybugs and the spots indicate the variety. It will be interesting to see what your students find out.
Q. Do the spots tell you how old they are?
A. No. Different ladybugs have different numbers of spots. Some have no spots while some have as many as twenty four. Ladybugs generally complete their life cycle within one year. The spots are with them all their life. They don't get more spots as they get older, nor do they lose spots.
Nicole, thanks for solving the mystery of the spots and aging. I think the spots is due to genetic variations within the lady bug species. I hope I'm getting my science terminology right. It's analogous to various races in humans.
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