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~ Life Cycles ~

LS1.B Growth and Development

Resources to fulfill Science Standards

1st Grade

Adult plants and animals can have young. In many kinds of animals, parents and the offspring themselves engage in behaviors that help the offspring to survive.

• Life Cycles: Print-Copy-Cut-Paste

• What Will I Be When I Grow Up? Matching

• Match Baby Animals to Their Grown Up (BW)

• Helping Baby Survive - Matching

• Helping Young Survive - Matching

• Helping Young Survive - Critical Thinking

• Things Animals Do To Help Their Young Survive - Poster

• Match the Birds to Their Nests

• Mammals Life Cycle Matching

• Helping Offspring Survive - Read About Bears

• Animal Traits Matching - Growth and Development of Organisms

• Monarch Butterfly Survival Tricks - Life Cycle Matching

• Bullfrog Survival Tricks - Life Cycle Matching

Plant Life Cycle Sorting Activity

• Bullfrog Life Cycle - Sorting Activity (Color)

• Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle - Sorting Activity

• Bluebird Life Cycle - Sorting Activity

• Helping Young Survive - Critical Thinking

• Animal Life Cycles - Growth and Development of Organisms - Diagram

• Helping Offspring Survive - Read About Black Bears

• Helping Baby Survive

• 38-page Growth and Development Curriculum Bundle for Grade 1 (teacher login required)

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3rd Grade

Reproduction is essential to the continued existence of every kind of organism. Plants and animals have unique and diverse life cycles.

• Growth and Development of Organisms - Reading

• Growth and Development of Organisms Quiz

• Helping Baby Survive

• How Do Animals Give Birth? Matching

• Life Cycle Multiple Choice

• Comparing Life Cycles Matching Quiz

• Comparing Life Cycles Short Answer Quiz

• Life Cycle Graphic Organizer Assessment

• Life Cycle Model Building - Bullfrog and Butterfly

• Comparing Life Cycles Mini-Poster

• Life Cycles - Authentic Performance

• Seed Dispersal Matching

• Snapping Turtle Life Cycle Mini-Poster

• Grasshopper Life Cycle (Incomplete Metamorphosis)

• Squirrel Life Cycle Mini-Poster

• Squirrel Life Cycle Sorting Activity

• Bluebird Life Cycle Sorting Activity

• Bullfrog Sorting Activity

• Turtle (Snapping) Life Cycle - Sorting Activity

• Butterfly (Monarch) Life Cycle - Sorting Activity

• Grasshopper Life Cycle - Sorting Activity

• 36-page Growth and Development Curriculum Bundle for Grade 3 (teacher login required)

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Middle School (Grade 6-8)

• Animals engage in characteristic behaviors that increase the odds of reproduction.

• Plants reproduce in a variety of ways, sometimes depending on animal behavior and specialized features for reproduction.

• Genetic factors as well as local conditions affect the growth of the adult plant.

• Growth and Development of Organisms Science Standards

• Plant Reproduction

• Adaptations For Pollination/Seed Dispersal

• Growth and Development of Organisms - Reproductive Behaviors

• Nesting Behaviors that Affect the Probability of Successful Reproduction

• Animal Behaviors that Affect Successful Reproduction in Monarch Butterflies

• Animal Behaviors that Affect the Probability of Successful Reproduction in Bullfrogs

• Animal Behaviors that Affect the Probability of Successful Reproduction in Barn Swallows

• Animal Behaviors that Affect the Probability of Successful Reproduction in Black Bears

• Acid Rain - How Environmental Factors Influence the Growth of Organisms

• Plant Reproduction Illustrated - Growth and Development of Organisms

• The Rodent, the Bee, and the Brazil Nut Tree

• Seed Dispersal Adaptation - Comic Activity

• Characteristic Animal Behaviors that Increase Odds of Reproduction - Diagram

• Seed Dispersal Adaptation - Authentic Performance

• Monarch Butterfly Reproductive Behavior - Authentic Performance

• Bullfrog Reproductive Behavior - Authentic Performance

• Brazil Nut Tree Life Cycle - Authentic Performance

• Increasing the Odds of Reproduction - Critical Thinking

• Plants Depend on Animals - Scientific Reasoning

• Plants Depend on Animals ll - Scientific Reasoning

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