Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Animals: Animal Life Cycles

For Students 2nd - 4th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of animal life cycles.
Graphic
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Embryology: The 21 Day Chick Lifecycle

For Students 2nd - 6th
Provides a look at the development of a chick during each day of the 21-day chick lifecycle. Gives detailed information about the major events that happen each day in the development. Contains many photographs of real chicks in...
Lesson Plan
Utah STEM Foundation

Utah Stem Action Center: Life Cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
All living things go through a life cycle that repeats over and over again. Watch a video, answer discussion questions, and make a fun craft out of household items.
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Life Cycles With Butterflies

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
This site is a lesson plan for teachers. It is a lesson to study the life cycles of a butterfly. It explains how the students would find caterpillars and build a home for them.
Unit Plan
Into the Outdoors

Into the Outdoors: Comparing Fish Life Cycles

For Students 6th - 8th
A video exploring life cycles of different species living in the same ecosystem and the influence of the ecosystem on the animal's life. Students will learn about comparisons in the animals' sexual maturity age, quantity of eggs laid,...
Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Animals Life Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this puzzle is Animals: Life Cycle.
Handout
Other

Coexploration/life Cycle of Coral

For Students 3rd - 8th
You can see a video clip of the coral life cycle. There are a lot of links to the left of the page.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Life Cycle of a Frog

For Teachers 1st - 6th
A slide depicting the different stages of frog development organized as a life cycle. It includes descriptions on pull tabs offscreen.
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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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Animal Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to science quizzes about animals and birds. Topics include animal classification, butterfly, beetle and frog life cycles, spiders, bats, birds of prey, owls, birds of the jungle, rainforest, cold climates and migration.
PPT
Sumanas

Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: Life Cycle of a Moss

For Students 9th - 10th
Studying mosses? Here is a great animation on the reproductive cycle of a moss.
Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 3: A Log's Life

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders learn about the interdependence of animals and trees in nature and the cycles of growth and decay. Students also learn about the importance of preserving balance in nature and what happens when we upset that balance. While...
Website
Other

Cocoon: Articles and Butterfly Life Cycle

For Students 1st - 8th
A collection of cocoon and butterfly articles as well as stories, cartoons, coloring, and animations.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Maximum Life Span of Animals Time Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A time line showing the life spans of various animals.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Life Cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
[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...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Life Cycles

For Teachers 1st - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is set up to either teach or review the life cycles of humans, butterflies, frogs, and ducks.
Handout
Regents of the University of Michigan

Animal Diversity Web: Millipede

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has points on the major stages in the life cycle of millipedes. Check out this great resource!
Unit Plan
University of California

Animations of Hsv Infection and Replication

For Students 9th - 10th
The herpes viruses infect many species of vertebrates. This series of animations illustrates the precise mechanism for entering a cell and copying itself. For advanced students.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Magic Rocks [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, young scholars work in groups with each acting as a predator, prey, or family member in a particular habitat. They present their habitat performance to the class and students identify the habitat and animal relationships....
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Animal & Human Viruses

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about viruses of humans and other animals, the Baltimore classification system, and the HIV life cycle.
Website
Other

Kiddyhouse: All About Frogs for Kids and Teachers

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from Kiddyhouse provides a plethora of information on frogs. Topics include what a frog is, where frogs live, life cycle of frogs and much more. Offers links to additional sites and activities on frogs.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Pond Insect Investigation

For Teachers K - 1st
Insects are found in every habitat. Students will learn about the life cycle of insects by exploring Minnesota ponds and the insects that live in them.
PPT
Sumanas

Sumanas Inc: Microbial Life: Life Cycle of Hiv, a Retrovirus

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this tutorial to enhance your understanding of how the human immunodeficiency virus invades healthy cells of the immune system. [3:15]
Interactive
Other

Reproduction in Plants and Animals

For Students 2nd - 4th
Reproduction in Plants and Animals. The ability to produce more organism similar to themselves is a very important characteristic of all living organisms. The process by which they do so is known as reproduction. [0:21]

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