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Life Cycles

Description: 

The students will be able to understand the life cycles of various animals, including that all animals are born, develop into an adult, reproduce, and eventually die.   This unit is intended for first and 2nd graders.  The focus of the unit is the lifecycle of the painted lady butterfly.  

Learning Targets: 
Be able to identify the stages within the lifecycle of a given animal.
Be able to identify the specific stages of a painted lady butterfly lifecycle.
Be able to appropriately care for the caterpillar, chrysalis, and painted lady butterfly.
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PDF icon Life Cycles.pdf208.77 KB
Author: 
JenThomas
Content Area: 
Science
Life Science
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Unit
Licensing: 
Creative Commons Licence
Grade: 
1
2
Next Generation and Michigan Science

How are the standards/objectives assessed?

This resource is connected to the standards through pedagogy by allowing students to experience the activities through exploration and hands on learning activities.

Student prerequisite skills and knowledge

The prerequisite skills and knowledge students need before engaging with this resource include documenting their personal observations. They are also expected to know how to independently complete and upload an activity in their Seesaw online journals.

How is the concept or procedure explained or demonstrated?

The concepts and procedures fit into the context of the by allowing students to learn through whole group discussions, as well as small group and individual activities.

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

The concepts explained include the lifecycle of animals, and specifically the lifecycle of the painted lady butterfly.

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

The students were excited by being able to see the real world examples of life cycles with the caterpillars as they went through the stages of egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and adult.