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= LESSON PLAN = created by: Sharon Elemeantary

1st grade Science Core __Standard 4, Objective 2:__ Observe how living things change and depend upon their environment to satisfy their basic needs __Indicator 3:__ Describe and model life cycles of living things

__New Vocabulary__: life cycle, off spring, need, environment, investigate (It’s a good idea to have a lesson where you introduce these new vocabulary words and have the students become familiar with them.)

S4, O2, I3- Read books from in the document, life cycle books.doc. This document is comprised of books about life cycles. It includes the books ISBN code if you want to find it. After reading books talk about the stages of each life cycle. If you read more then just one you can compare and contrast observations the students have made within each life cycle. =   =  - froglifecyclediagram.doc - printable life cycle of butterfly.doc - printable life cycle of frog.doc These pages can be used for students to add labels for the different stages of the life cycle. You can put the stage names on the board and the students would then need to correctly label each picture on the page.

S4, O2, I3 - There is a folder with power points. These power points include variety of animals and plants. All the power points can be modified to fit your classroom. Some of them include more information then you may want to go over, simply delete the information/pictures/slides you will not need to use. You can even combine power points together, this way you have a power point that works for you. These power points will you a great opportunity to discuss with your class the stages of the life cycle and talk about what happens in each stage. These power points are a great way to expose the students to real pictures during a life cycle. If you are to grow plants/animals in your room you can take pictures of it and make your own power point of the life cycles.
 * If you want to search for other power points simply add .ppt at the end of any search and it will show power points on the web.

S4, O2, I3 - Make a life cycle spinning wheel, lifecycle spin wheel.pdf. Here the students can make up to three different life cycles for the butterfly, frog or duck. The students will need to understand a life cycle has an order to follow. They will show understanding by gluing the pictures of the life cycle in a correct order.

S4, O2, I3 - Having a live specimen in the classroom for the students to see can be a great way for them to learn about life cycle. There are a few websites out there that sell live animals. One that I found is, [|http://www.butterfly-gifts.com]. You can also grow plants. You can contact Thanksgiving Point and ask about their egg hatching program where they will supply you with an incubator and eggs. You can return the hatched chicks.
 * As you have a something growing in your classroom, take pictures as it goes through the life cycle. Take those pictures and make a book out of them. Have students write on the page what is happening in each stage of the life cycle, observations. You can make a class book or let each student make their own.

S4, O2, I3 - There are a few websites out there with videos of life cycles. One I found useful is, []. To find it I went to google’s homepage and searched for: life cycle videos for kids. The above link was one that came up. The down side to video clips is that a lot of them come from youtube.com. One way to still use these clips is to load it onto your computer at home and leave the screen up. When you get to school you can watch the loaded video.