Butterflies galore at SMS

By STORM WHITTINGTON
Room 210 Staff Writer

The butterflies attack the second flour of South Middle School!
Mr. Mike Wallace, eighth grade science teacher, did a lesson on adaptation using butterflies. The students in his class had to color paper butterflies to “adapt” to their environment. I participated in this activity in first hour, my advanced science class with Mr. Wallace.

Dylan Caldwell, eighth grade student, said,“I just did what he said, cut the butterfly out, colored it, put tape on it, and put it on the wall where we wanted it. It all started Tuesday, this week. We studied Charles Darwin and that the survivors always ended up the ones with successful reproduction.”

Lisa Bromley said, “Mr. Wallace told us that animals would change to fit their environment and survive. We all had to get butterflies and color them. Then put them on the hallway walls. The sixth graders then tried to find the butterflies.” All off the students had fun and wished they could’ve did it again after they finished the first set of butterflies.

Mr. Wallace gave us the real reasons why and when this all happened, “We started studying yesterday on that topic. We did it because the students had to learn about how the better adapted the animal(s) are then the most likely they are to survive.” A swarm of butterflies have hit SMS! All next year’s eighth graders will probably have to do the same activity. At least the swarm will be gone … for now!