8 Key Concepts- A Butterfly

Each LOI should match your key concepts. Choose 2-3.

Form: What is it like?
What are the parts of a butterfly?
Where are the eyes?
What does it look like?
What does it smell like?
How big is it?

Function: How does it work? 
How do the antennae help the butterfly survive?
How does it fly?
How does it build a cocoon?
How does it reproduce?

Causation: Why is it the way it is?
Why does it migrate?
Why does it have those colors?
Why are butterflies symmetrical?
Why did the peppered moth change?

Change: How is it changing?
What is the life cycle?
How does a butterfly change?
How has the population changed?
What were butterflies like in the past?

Connection: How is it connected to other things?
How do butterflies effect the environment?
How does the environment effect butterflies?
What eats butterflies?
What are butterflies to humans?

Perspective: What are the points of view?
What is the artist's/scientist's perspective toward a butterfly?
Are all butterflies beautiful?
What's your favorite butterfly?
Should we kill butterflies?

Responsibility: What is our responsibility?
What is butterfly hunting?
How do your choices effect a butterflies habitat?
How do we protect butterflies?
Who can we educate?

Reflection: How do we know?
What makes a butterfly an insect?
How do we know butterflies eat nectar?
How do we know that butterflies' wings are made up of tiny pieces.

"Concepts are the lens thru which you can use the skills to develop the knowledge to lead you to an understanding of the central idea." - Kate