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Printable science worksheet on butterfly life cycle with fill-in-the-blank activity and space to draw and number life cycle stages.
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Butterfly Life Cycle

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This printable science worksheet teaches the butterfly life cycle through a fill-in-the-blank paragraph and a drawing activity. Students complete sentences using four vocabulary words—egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly—and then sketch and number the stages of metamorphosis. Works well as an introduction to life cycles in early-elementary science or as part of a unit on insects and change.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Biology
Grade Level:
1st – 3rd Grades
Updated May 2026

Word Bank

  • butterfly
  • caterpillar
  • chrysalis
  • egg

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