Grade Level: 5 - 8
Age Range: 10 - 14
Lesson Length: 1 class

Students construct a wax model of the nervous system of the caterpillar, Manduca sexta. Changes in the nervous system during metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a moth are illustrated by changing the wax model.
Links:
The Manduca Project, University of Arizona http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
Manduca sexta Neural Systems Puzzle
Manduca Life Cycle picture is from the Richard B. Dominick Moth and Butterfly Collection, University of South Carolina.