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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Tadpole Diary

For Teachers 2nd
Learn about the life cycle by exploring tadpoles.
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Lesson Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Compare/contrast Life Cycle Texts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn to compare and contrast texts about life cycles using a Venn diagram. Then, using the Venn diagram, students will write an expository paragraph including an introductory sentence,...
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Unit Plan
Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Where Did It Come From?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is your room a mess? Does your nose have freckles on it like your mom's? Are your eyes the same color as your dad's? Which one of these things does not belong in lessons about heredity? Give these investigations a whirl while learning...
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Other

Curriki: Butterfly Life Cycle Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Project to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and how the caterpillar becomes to be a butterfly.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Butterfly Life Cycle Fitness Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
Science and exercise unite in this lesson! Young scholars learn about the life cycle of a butterfly while performing certain physical tasks at each stage.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Dinosaur Train sparks children's interest in life science and natural history. As they explore a variety of animals, children develop the inquiry skills and knowledge needed to help them think, talk and act like paleontologists. Choose...
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Lesson Plan
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Lets Net: Worm Bin Project Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students learn about the worm life cycle and decomposition of life by creating small-scale worm ecosystems. Research groups share scientific data with groups at other schools using web-based communication tools.
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Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill:the Chemical Building Blocks of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what you know about the chemical building blocks of life by taking this pre test.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Hawaii: What Are the Life Cycles of Some Animals?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Olina is playing on the beach with the animals. Join her and find out more about life cycles and animals?
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Hawaii: What Are the Life Processes in Animals?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Kamoku is a boy from Hawaii who is interested in the seven life processes. Do you know what these are? Join Kamoku and discover them with him.
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Activity
Science Museum of Minnesota

Thinking Fountain: Monarch Watch

For Students 3rd - 6th
An activity to help students learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. Information about metamorphosis and migration is also included.
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Handout
Earth Life

Earth Life/life Cycles of Insects

For Students 9th - 10th
A vey in-depth look at the life cycle of insects. You will learn about the metamorphisis and reproduction of insects.
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Handout
Other

Cc: A Classification System for Mosquito Life Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth discussion on the classification systems of mosquitos: discusses the classification of Bates and Pratt and proposes a new classification system.
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Graphic
Other

Vida: Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use these images to study the monarch butterfly's life cycle.
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Activity
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Brine Shrimp

For Students 9th - 10th
Vivid descriptions on the life cycle of brine shrimp and ecology within the Great Salt Lake.
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Activity
US Geological Survey

Usgs Kids: Mealworm Ranch

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A fun, hands-on project that will allow your students see first-hand how metamorphosis works. Students observe mealworms develop and change right before their eyes.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Critter Guide: Butterfly

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you name the four parts of the life cycle of the butterfly? This site features a brief but detailed description of the life cycle of a butterfly and some other fun facts about this interesting insect.
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Activity
Morning Earth

Life Lives in Circles: Introduction Life Materials Cycle and Re Cycle

For Students 5th - 9th
Scholars explore the Biology concept of life cycles. The tutorial consists of definitions, examples, and pictures. Topics include the great circle dance and life-materials.
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Activity
Morning Earth

All Lives Transform: Final Transformation: Death and Decomposition

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholars explore concepts in Biology about the life cycle. The tutorial consists of definitions, examples, and pictures about the final transformation of death and decomposition.
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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Cool Science for Kids: Butterflies Come From?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Hands-on activity for investigating the life stages of a butterfly.
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Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Lifecycles of Animals and Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
This segment covers the lifecycles of various plants and animals. Illustrations begin with the production of a gamete and describe the processes that occur throughout the lifespan of living creatures.
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eBook
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tar Heel Reader: Where Do Butterflies Come From

For Students K - 1st
A digital version of a butterfly life cycle picture book for young readers.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Life Cycles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this instructional activity, students will extend their knowledge of matter and energy cycles in an organism to engineering life cycle assessment of a product. Students will learn about product life cycle assessment and the flow of...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Plant Life Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the general life cycle of plants.