Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Butterfly Life Cycle Fitness Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
Science and exercise unite in this activity! Students learn about the life cycle of a butterfly while performing certain physical tasks at each stage.
Website
Utah Education Network

Uen: Themepark: Cycles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a large collection of resources on cycles of nature and the Earth. There is a constant exchange of the elements between air, earth, water, plants, and animals. Most biological processes wind up back where they started. These...
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.
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?
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,...
Handout
Channel 4 Learning

Channel 4 Learning: Science Essentials: Life Cycles

For Students 3rd - 7th
Learn about the life cycles of plants and animals then demonstrate what you know with activities, a quiz, and related resources.
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.
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Reference: Life Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out some common characteristics of animal life cycles across different types of species.
Unit Plan
Other

Science4 Us: Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In online and offline activities, students broaden their understanding of animals by learning to identify and classify animals into six categories: mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Life Cycles of Plants and Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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.
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.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Life Stages Cards: Frog, Butterfly, and Dragonfly

For Students Pre-K - 1st
All animals develop and grow over time. The animals in this document undergo one of the most dramatic developmental processes known, metamorphosis. See if you can place the developmental stages in their proper order.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Cyclic Behavior of Animals

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Many animal behaviors change in a regular way. They go through cycles. Some cycles of behavior repeat each year. Other cycles of behavior repeat every day. Learn...
Website
Other

Alameda County Mosquito Abatement: Life Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion on the general characteristics of the mosquito, its feeding habits, flight habits and life cyle.
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...
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.
Handout
Other

Study of Northern Virgina Ecology: Black Carpenter Ant

For Students 3rd - 8th
Lots of information about the black carpenter ant. Learn about their physical characteristics, colonies, life cycle, food sources, and predators. A detailed chart listing many plants and animals permits exploration of their relationships...
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.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Is Alive?

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson is the opening lesson for a unit of study entitled "Why Doesn't A Caterpillar Grow Up To Be An Oak Tree?" during which learners take a look at life cycles of plants and animals. This lesson will encourage students to explore...
Website
University of California

Regents of the University of California: Amphibia Web

For Students 9th - 10th
AmphibiaWeb, a site inspired by global amphibian declines, is an online system that allows free access to information on amphibian biology and conservation. This site is filled with amphibian facts, a glossary of terms, species numbers,...
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Ocean Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed website that was a companion to a 1995 traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian. Links to lesson plans and other educational materials are at the bottom of the page. Enter the exhibition to explore the world of the ocean.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Human Life Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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.
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Genre 1st Grade Unit: Identifying Information in Nonfiction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity in which students use the books Nature's Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat by Joanne Mattern, Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston, and Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan...
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: 1st Grade Lesson: Purposes for Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which learners use the books Nature's Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat by Joanne Mattern, Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston, and Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London to learn to...