Early Life & Interests
This was one of Richard’s first passions; he collected them from kindergarten onward.
butterflies
In second grade, Richard had collected all species of butterflies around his hometown. How many number of butterflies did he collect?
25
In which grade did Richard present his frog tissues?
7th Grade
Where did Richard go for university?
Harvard
The scientific study of insects is called
entomology
Where did Richard live?
Pennsylvania
The book The Travels of Monarch X was about the migration of this butterfly species. What butterfly species was it?
monarch butterfly
What was his project in 8th grade?
Find the cause of a viral disease that kills nearly all monarch caterpillars every few years.
Who was his college roommate?
James R. Wong
What does Eureka mean?
a cry of triumph at a discovery
What were the things that Richard collected?
butterflies—rocks, fossils, and coins
To help track butterflies, Richard attached these to their wings.
adhesive tags
What was the theory that Richard said about viceroys' butterflies?
The theory was that viceroys look like monarchs because monarchs don’t taste good to birds. Viceroys, on the other hand, do taste good to birds. So the more they look like monarchs, the less likely they are to become a bird’s dinner
Did Richard have time for other interests? True or false?
False. He made time for other interests
canoeist
At night he would sometimes stay up observing these in the sky. He became an eager-
astronomy
How could Richard identify butterfly species
wing patterns
JACKPOT! Your team gets 400 points! If you answer this question: Who's the author of this lesson?
Robert W. Peterson
Richard is a straight-A student? True or False
True
Rearrange the word
U G L E E S A
leagues
Richard’s mother once bought him this book, which sparked his butterfly-tagging project.
The Travels of Monarch X
Which butterfly species did Richard collect the most in six weeks?
Brush-footed
During his senior year, he won first place for zoology at the International Fair. What did he present?
He grew cells from a monarch’s wing in a culture and showed that the cells would divide and develop into normal butterfly wing scales only if they were fed the hormone from the gold spots.
"Richard was competitive." who said this?
Mr. Weiherer
What does County mean and give one example
"I grew up in a small county where everyone knew each other, and the local library was the heart of the community."