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SCIENCE & HEALTH

Behold and See 5 David Beresford, Ph.D. Written by a college professor, working

FIFTH GRADE

M ETAMORPHOSIS Growing up surrounded by adorable babies, ƉƵƉƉŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŬŝƩĞŶƐ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĞĂƐLJ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ŽĨ 'ŽĚ͛ Ɛ ĐƌĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ƐƚĂƌƚ ĂƐ ƐŵĂůů ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĂĚƵůƚƐ͘ ͞ 'ƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƉ͟ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĨĂƌ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ insects. ĞĞƚůĞƐ ĂƌĞŶ͛ ƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůLJ ŝŶƐĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŽ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ complete or incomplete metamorphosis to reach ĂĚƵůƚŚŽŽĚ͘ ƌĂŐŽŶŇŝĞƐ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝǀĞƐ ĂƐ ƐǁŝŵŵĞƌƐ͊ ŶĚ ďƵƩĞƌŇŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƚŚƐ ŵĞƚĂŵŽƌƉŚŽƐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĞŐŐ͕

As a grub grows, it grows out ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ƐŬŝŶ͊ tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌƵď ŝƐ ready to molt, or shed its skin, the mother feeds it again. dŚĞŶ͕ ŽŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƌƵď ŝƐ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ growing, it pupates in the soil, ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͛ ǁŽƌŬ ŝƐ ĚŽŶĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞƐƟŶŐ pupal stage, the young beetle, or pupa, grows inside a cocoon covering rather like a sleeping bag, and then finally pops out as an adult beetle. When the adult beetle emerges, its transformation from egg to grub to pupa to adult is complete. (This process of going through different, changing forms to develop into an adult is called metamorphosis͘ Ϳ EŽǁ the new adult beetle begins looking for a dead animal of its own so it too can start a family.

scientist, and homeschooling father, Behold and See 5 combines a stunning, full-color interior with hands-on experiments and solid, scientific content from a Catholic perspective. The text’s conversational style and the abundance of hands-on experiments will soon have your child digging for worms, recording weather data, and organizing experiment results in graphs and tables. Covers topics in biology, human anatomy, earth science, chemistry, and physics. Full color. Softcover. 226 pgs. 8½"×11" BAS5-T $39.95 The Student Workbook provides student friendly exercises, tests, and an answer key to complete this full-year course. Softcover. 116 pgs. 8½"×11" BAS5-W $13.95

to larva, to pupa, to adult as well. In fact, it is almost ǁŽƌƚŚ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŽŵĂƚŽĞƐ ũƵƐƚ to see if you can capture an ŽǀĞƌƐƚƵīĞĚ͕ ŐƌĞĞŶ dŽŵĂƚŽ Hornworm caterpillar and ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐ ŝƚ ƉƵƉĂƟŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ĂŶ adult moth. You can do the same thing with butterfly caterpillars, the larval stage ŽĨ ďƵƩĞƌŇŝĞƐ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƉůĂŶƚ

ƉŝŶŬ Žƌ ƉƵƌƉůĞ njŝŶŶŝĂƐ ;ďƵƩĞƌŇŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉŝŶŬ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƌƉůĞͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞ ĐĂƚĞƌƉŝůůĂƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƉƵƉĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂLJ͘ Perhaps you would like to capture several kinds of caterpillars, keeping record of how long it took each ƚŽ ƉƵƉĂƚĞ͕ ĂƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŝŶƐĞĐƚƐ ƉƵƉĂƚĞ ŽŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƟŵĞƚĂďůĞƐ͘ LJ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ĮŶĚŝŶŐƐ͕ LJŽƵ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů Ăƚ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĐƌŝƩĞƌƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂů ĐLJĐůĞƐ͘ Ž LJŽƵ see how recording your discoveries through notes and graphing can help in learning about the world ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƵƐ͍ Ɖ Pe ca ƚŽ Ɵŵ ďĞ Đ s a

M ETAMORPHOSIS , C REATURES H ELPING O THER C REATURES , AND G RAPHING O UR F INDINGS

M ETAMORPHOSIS

Burying Beetles and Metamorphosis

KŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ďŝŽůŽŐŝƐƚƐ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ǀĞƌLJ ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŶLJ animals are very good parents. We know that birds are good mothers, and so are alligators and crocodiles, but insects can be ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͊

Words to Know A grub is the worm-like,

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I caught some beetles in a trap with some dead mice in it. These beetles are named burying beetles because they bury dead animals by digging a hole underneath them and then covering them with soil. Burying ďĞĞƚůĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂŶ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ of how even the smallest creatures take a lot of care in raising their children.

larval stage of an immature beetle. To pupate ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ growing into an adult insect inside a cocoon like structure. Metamorphosis is the process of going through ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͕ changing forms to reach adulthood.

ŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ďĞĞƚůĞ ŇLJ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĂŶ ĂƌĞĂ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚĞĂĚ ŵŽƵƐĞ Žƌ ƐƋƵŝƌƌĞů ƚŽ ďƵƌLJ͘ dŚĞLJ ďƵƌLJ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂĚ ĂŶŝŵĂů ƚŽ ŚŝĚĞ ŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ ůŝŬĞ ŇŝĞƐ Žƌ ƐŬƵŶŬƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ eat it. Once a dead mouse is found, the male and female beetles hollow out a small chamber in the soil by the mouse. Then the mother beetle lays her eggs in the chamber. Both the mother and father guard their nest.

Single-Subject Lesson Plan available— see pg. 70!

The eggs hatch and grow into baby beetles, called grubs . The mother beetle brings the grubs to the food (the dead ŵŽƵƐĞͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ĨĞĞĚƐ ŚĞƌ LJŽƵŶŐ ŐƌƵďƐ ŽŶĞ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ŵŽƵƚŚ͕ ũƵƐƚ like a mother bird does.

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“I VE been meaning to send you this picture of our 5th grader; she made her own fossils. All by herself too! The recipe is from her Behold and

See, Level 5 science book. I had her bury them in the backyard too!”

—Luccia, KS

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