University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky: Insects All Year
The University of Kentucky provides information and activities about insects for each month of the year. Projects include art and observational activities.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Cicada
This site provides a brief but concise description of this interesting insect. Grades 4-8.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Life Cycle of a Frog
A slide depicting the different stages of frog development organized as a life cycle. It includes descriptions on pull tabs offscreen.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Students learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and put the stages of a butterfly's life cycle in order in this SMART whiteboard activity.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Animals Life Cycle
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this puzzle is Animals: Life Cycle.
New York University
Nyu: May Swenson Nature Poems Old & New
A brief analysis of several Swenson poems dealing with the human life cycle, particularly death. The critic calls her style, "both abstract and concrete."
EL Education
El Education: The Study of Life Cycles
Students learn about various insects and use original text and illustrations to create a book including information such as habitat, life cycle, diet, behavior, predators, and other interesting facts.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Life Cycle of Bees
Three types of bees are necessary to prevent the bee population from going extinct. Recognize the types and their roles in keeping the bees coming.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Pumpkins
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains pictures of pumpkins throughout growth, a pumpkin lifecycle diagram, and United Streaming video on the pumpkin.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Reptiles and Amphibians
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides basic information for the characteristics of reptiles and amphibian and life cycles. Videos show reptiles and amphibians that can cruise through the air, and an alligator mom...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Reproductive Life Cycles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of three types of sexual life cycles.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Plants and How They Grow
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is based on the Scott Foresman science curriculum developed for third grade. It deals with the topics of plant parts, plant types, and the life cycle that plants go through.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Apple Life Cycle
[Free Registration/Login Required] The teacher will use this lesson plan to review the life cycle of an apple.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Butterfly Stages of Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can me used to introduce or review the life cycle of a butterfly. Students will place the words and pictures in proper order as well as write down observations. This chart works well if...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Frogs
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a brief introduction to frogs, their habitats, life cycle, and some fun facts!
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Life Cycles
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this unit, children learn that plants and animals reproduce as part of their life cycle and that in every life cycle there are distinct processes and stages. They should begin to understand how...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Life Cycles
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is set up to either teach or review the life cycles of humans, butterflies, frogs, and ducks.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Life Cycles of Plants and Animals
This lesson activity helps students learn that things change over time and how both plants and animals change in their life cycles. They will demonstrate what they've learned on a Venn diagram and a t-chart.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Human Life Cycle
In this whiteboard lesson, students explore the stages of human life and draw comparisons with different animals. A variety of diagrams are provided to help communicate this concept.
Other
Coexploration/life Cycle of Coral
You can see a video clip of the coral life cycle. There are a lot of links to the left of the page.
Other
Springboard Magazine: The Circle of Life
A brief explanation of life cycle is provided along with pictoral respresentations of three different examples of life cycles (apple tree, butterfly and frog). The term metamorphosis is introduced and the resouce has an interactive...
Curated OER
Bized.com: The Product Life Cycle
This site, which is provided for by Bized.com, gives a brief definition of the product life cycle and the stages of the product life cycle.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Salmon Life Cycle
Describes the six stages in the unique life cycle of the salmon.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Lifecycle of a Plant
Describes the life cycle of a plant as it develops from a seed into a seedling, grows into a mature plant, develops flower buds, goes through pollination and double fertilization, and produces seeds.