Flying Butterfly
Materials
Butterfly Templates (found below)
Tape (transparent or masking)
Double Stick Tape or Glue
Bakers Twine or similar string
Large Craft Sticks (also known as tongue depressors)
Plastic Drinking Straws
Markers or Crayons or Colored Pencils
Pushpins
Scissors
Key Question
How do friction and gravity help the Flying Butterfly toy work?
Learning Objectives
Young scientists will…
• make and play with the Flying Butterfly toy.
• notice and wonder about how friction and gravity are helping their toy work.
(This lesson utilizes an adaptation of the Climbing Butterfly activity from Arvind Gupta’s Toys from Trash: https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/toys.html)
Flying Butterfly Lesson
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Lesson in Action Gallery – Reviews and pictures from teachers who have put this lesson into practice.
The Flying Butterfly was a favorite for teachers at a STEMAZing en español workshop held in Nogales, Sonora, México.
