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hi Mary,
Boston's entire guide to learning standards, curricula and calendar can be found here
http://bpsscience.weebly.com/student-learning-outcomes-pacing-guides-and-calendars.html
Butterflies are covered in Grade 2.
AD
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Alissa Daniels, Science Program Manager
Boston Children's Museum
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Subject: Re: when butterflies/insects/mimicry/natural selection taught in school?
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I can't speak to Boston, but I assume it's fairly similar to Connecticut. (Right?)
Kids study butterflies + insects as a classic example of life cycles, usually in grades 1 or 2. (1 for insects, 2 for amphibians is more common here.) Massachusetts covers adaptations and variation in grade 4, which seems like it would be a good area to cover things like mimicry.
Here in CT, evolution/natural selection comes along more in middle school grades (6-8).
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Jonah Cohen
Outreach & Public Programs Manager
The Children's Museum
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Anyone have a sense of what grade levels would be taught content on butterflies/insects, mimicry, evolution/natural selection in the Boston area?
Thanks,
Mary Nucci
Rutgers University
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