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Up From the Ground

For Teachers 1st
First graders sequence the development of a plant. For this plant life lesson, 1st graders listen to a story about how a plant grows, students view a PowerPoint presentation and learn new vocabulary. Finally, students sequence the stages...
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Marine Animal Life Cycles

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the life cycle of a crab and the larval stages of marine animals. For this marine animals lesson, students watch a puppet introduction to a crab's life cycle.  Students learn about crab moulting and their life cycle...
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Life Cycle of a Bluebird

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this life cycle worksheet, students number the stages of a life cycle of a bluebird. Students label 12 different stages of this life cycle.
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Life Cycles in Action - Flip Book

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars create a flip book to depict animal and plant life cycles. In this life cycle activity, students discuss life cycles. Young scholars receive a plant or animal and pictures of its life cycle. Students color the...
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Building a Butterfly Garden

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Learners plant a garden which will become the habitat for butterflies as they go through their life cycle.  In this life cycle lesson, students grow plants that attract butterflies and feed caterpillars in order to observe the...
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All About the Human Life Cycle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this life cycle worksheet, students read about the butterfly life cycle and draw pictures about it. Students draw 2 pictures and answer 2 short answer questions about the life cycle.
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Butterfly Lesson Plans

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study the life cycle of the Monarch Chrysalis. For this butterfly life cycle lesson, students study the monarch butterfly life cycle and focus on the fourth stage of the life cycle. Students draw a picture about the fourth stage...
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Life Cycle of the Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate the life cycle of butterflies. In this butterfly lesson plan, students record the life cycle of a butterfly using digital cameras. Students make digital books or slide shows at the end of the project.
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Ride the Wild Leaf Cycle

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a worksheet. In this life cycle lesson plan, 4th graders learn about the leaf cycle and complete a worksheet where they put the leaf cycle steps in the correct order.
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Fabulous Fantastic Flowers!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study flowers and identify their major parts. In this flowers lesson plan, students research flowers, learn about their life cycle, label their major parts, and make tissue paper flowers.
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Critters in Your Own Backyard

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify various animals and their habitats, as well as their specific traits In this animal habitat lesson, students list animals they've seen in their backyard. Learners select one animal and do research. Students then answer...
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Pumpkin, Pumpkin

For Teachers 1st
First graders understand that pumpkins grow slowly over several months. In this pumpkin lesson, 1st graders listen to the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin and recall the sequence of the pumpkin life cycle. Students create pumpkin artwork showing...
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers 2nd
Students complete activities to learn about the life cycle of a seed. In this plant growth lesson, students complete activities for the life cycles of seeds.
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students illustrate a life cycle. In this butterfly lesson, students watch the video The Very Hungry Caterpillar and discuss the life cycle of a butterfly. Students illustrate the stages.
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Life Cycle of a Frog

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners investigate the life cycle of a frog. In this biology lesson, students read the book From Tadpole to Frog and use templates to identify the stages of the frog life cycle. Learners draw the life cycle of the frog on construction...
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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the life cycle of a butterfly. In this life cycle lesson, students read the book Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons and discuss the four stages of the life cycle. Students illustrate the life cycle on chart paper.
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Plant Life for Kids

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these plant life worksheets, learners complete a worksheet about parts of a plant, plant life, plant life cycle sequence, and then complete a plant life mini book.
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Life Cycles

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the parts of a flower and pollination of flowers. In this plants instructional activity, students use an interactive whiteboard to label the parts of a plant and the functions of each part. Students complete a worksheet...
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Life Cycle of Animals: Butterfly, Cockroach, Mosquito

For Students 4th - 5th
In these life cycle worksheets, students write true or false for the statements about the life cycles of butterflies, cockroaches, and mosquitoes. Students name 3 examples of animals with life cycles similar to butterflies and...
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Science – Life Cycle of a Plant from Seed and Bulb

For Students 4th - 5th
In this life cycle of a plant worksheet, students draw a diagram to show the life cycle of a plant from seed, as well as a diagram to show the life cycle of a plant from bulb.
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Salmon Life Cycle Crossword Puzzle

For Students 6th - 8th
In this salmon life cycle ;crossword puzzle activity, students use the 20 clues to identify the correct words that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Salmon Life Cycle Word Search

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this salmon life cycle word puzzle worksheet, students examine the 20 words and names in the word bank and locate them in the word search puzzle.
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Frog Life Cycle Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this frog life cycle crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 15 clues to identify the correct words that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Frog Life Cycle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this life science worksheet, students locate 23 words associated with the frog life cycle in a word search puzzle. They look for words such as metamorphosis, amphibian, and egg sack in the puzzle.