We were starting to learn about multiplication and wondered if we could use math in our favourite subject... science! Our hand- raised painted lady butterflies were almost ready to be set free.

When we made paper butterfly mobiles, we discovered that all the symmetry in their wings and body parts made wonderful multiplication sentences! So we brainstormed facts (i.e., 3 legs times 2 sides equals 6; 2 spots times 4 wings equals 8; 1x2=2 and 2x1=2) and decorated one side of our "buttermultiflies" with multiplication facts!