Sunday, November 30, 2008

Butterflies


In class we learned about how animals use camouflage in the wild. Camouflage is when an animal blends into its surroundings to avoid predators. To learn about camouflage we each got a paper butterfly to color and hide somewhere in the room. A teacher would come in and look for them. The teacher would be the "predator" and your butterfly is the "prey". The object was to camouflage your butterfly so it wouldn't be caught. We played three times. The first time we had to hide our butterfly somewhere it wouldn't be found. The second time the lights were dimmed and we had to hide the butterfly somewhere it wouldn't be found. Less were found in the second round than in the first. The third time we had to put our butterfly in plain sight. On the third time almost all were found. This taught us that its easier to blend in when its darker and your trying to hide.

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