Being Blurb

During our field trips at Butternut Valley, we encouraged students to discover organisms and natural items that are new and interesting to them. In our Being Blurb archives, these organisms or items are highlighted with an image, fun facts, and a photograph of the student that discovered it. Just click to find out these wonderful discoveries!

	What kind of digging creature did John find? Discussion ideas: adaptations, communication strategies, camouflage, food web, pest
	Did Sarah find a rock, bone, or what? Discussion ideas: foraging strategies, predator, prey, adaptations, defense strategies, camouflage, food web
	Did Woodward and Carter's students find an alien? Discussion ideas: foraging strategies, predator, prey, adaptations, defense strategies, life cycles, food web
	Did Melissa find a practical joke? Discussion ideas: habitats, foraging strategies, predator, prey, adaptations, defense strategies, camouflaging coloration, nocturnal day cycle, body temperature regulation
	Did Clay find an ordinary rock? Discussion ideas: habitats, tool use, ancient civilizations, Native Americans
	Did Austin find a tootsie roll? Discussion ideas: life cycles, larva, pupa, invertebrate, complete metamorphosis, adaptations
	What kind of beetle did Cameron find? Discussion ideas: life cycles, larva, invertebrate, foraging strategies, food web, habitats, adaptations
	What kind of alien-like creature did Josh find? Discussion ideas: life cycles, larva, invertebrate, predator, food web, aquatic lifestyles, adaptations
	What kind of spider did Ms. Carter and Ms. Woodward's class find? Discussion ideas: reproduction strategies, camouflaging coloration, hunting adaptations
	What did Nathan and Dustin find? Discussion ideas: cycles, crepuscular, camouflaging coloration, adaptations
	Did Ms. McMillen's 2nd grade class find a celebrity spider? Discussion ideas: nocturnal day cycles, camouflaging coloration, prey capture, reproduction strategies, animal recycling
	What scurrying critter did Haley find? Discussion ideas: reptiles, exothermic temperature regulation, camouflaging coloration, mating coloration, prey capture, diurnal day cycles
	What kind of secret pouch did Joshua find? Discussion ideas: pupa, defensive strategies, life cycles, complete metamorphosis, molting
	What kind of moth did Zowie find? Discussion ideas: defensive strategies, life cycles, complete metamorphosis, classification
	Which kind of caterpillars did Caleb and Michael find? Discussion ideas: defensive coloration, mimicry, life cycles, complete metamorphosis, migration, conservation
	Which kind of bee did Brandon find? Discussion ideas: social animals, defensive coloration, pollination, life cycles, complete metamorphosis
	What kind of worm-like creature did Zachary find? Discussion ideas: life cycles, larva, pupa, invertebrate, predator, food web, aquatic lifestyles
	Did Tiffany and Cody find a bug, a spider, or what? Discussion ideas: life cycles, nymph, defensive coloration, decomposition, ecosystem, soil community, parasite, predator
	What kind of crazy bug did Megan find? Discussion ideas: life cycles, larva, pupa, complete metamorphosis, adaptation, defense coloration, water pollution
	What kind of rocks did Chloe and Justin find? Discussion ideas: evolution, fossils, fossilization
	What kind of bug did Dalton find? Discussion ideas: life cycles, incomplete metamorphosis, mate attraction, molt, insect body parts, head, thorax, abdomen
	What kind of insect did Christina and Ben find? Discussion ideas: life cycles, larva, pupa, parasitoid, defense coloration
	What kind of caterpillar did Wayne find? Discussion ideas: life cycles, complete metamorphosis, larva, pupa, chrysalis, mimicry, camouflage
	What kind of bug part did Seth find? Discussion ideas: life cycles, incomplete metamorphosis, exoskeleton, molt
	What kind of feather did Kyle find? Discussion ideas: asymmetric, aerodynamic, feather molt