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How does the monarch get out of the chrysalis?
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Inside the chrysalis, surrounded by a hard shell, with wings and legs tightly bound—how does a monarch manage to emerge?
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National Science Education Standards

Science as Inquiry
Ask a question about objects, organisms, events. (K-4)

Life Science
Plants and animals have life cycles that include being born, developing into adults, reproducing, and dying.

 

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