K5 Learning
The Life Cycle
Studying plant, animal, or insect life cycles? Pair a science unit with a reading comprehension worksheet on life cycles. The passage touches briefly on butterfly, plant, frog, and dog life cycles before prompting readers to answer six...
Curated OER
I Wonder How the Manduca Life Cycle Compares To the Human Life Cycle...
Students study life cycles including developing their understanding of the human life cycle. They decide where they are in the human life cycle and provide reasons for that placement. They compare the human life cycle to that of the...
EngageNY
Asking and Answering Questions: Studying the Life Cycle of a Frog
A lesson challenges learners to ask and answer questions about the life cycle of a frog. With a class read-aloud, partner discussion, and notebook reflections, scholars complete a three-page worksheet to prove their understanding of the...
Curated OER
Animal Life Cycle
Young scholars conduct hands-on experiments. For this life cycle lesson, students are able to observe a variety of animals as they travel through their life cycle (brine shrimp, mealworms, frog eggs and chicken eggs). Young scholars...
Curated OER
Plant Life Cycles
Follow the life cycle of a dandelion with a lab sheet for kindergartners. They learn about the order of events in a dandelion's life, then put the stages of life in order. Can they describe the life cycle of a pumpkin? For extra...
Curated OER
Mealworms
Crawl into the world of the darkling beetle with this scientific investigation. Watch as the insects move through the larval, pupal, and adult stages of life, recording observations along the way. Discuss the necessities of life as young...
Curated OER
Animated Video Productions - Life Cycles
Seventh graders compare/contrast the life cycles of free-living organisms to that of parasites. They conduct Internet research, illustrate the stages of a specific organisms's life cycle, and direct and produce a mini-video production.
Curated OER
Animal Life Cycles
In this identifying the ways animals reproduce worksheet, sequence the life cycle of a frog and research ways the sea turtle, brine shrimp, ameba, and hydra reproduce. Write five answers.
EngageNY
Mid-Unit Assessment: Close Reading of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Bullfrog Life Cycle
The sixth lesson plan in this Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle unit assesses your third graders' ability to read and understand informational text. The included assessment asks learners to take notes about the main idea and supporting...
Curated OER
"Hey Polliwog!" - The Life Cycle of the Frog
In this life cycle of the frog learning exercise, students read and assess comprehension. In this fill in the blank and sequencing learning exercise, students write answers to sixteen questions.
EngageNY
Close Reading of Pages 4 - 7 and 12 - 15 of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Bullfrog Circle
Scholars take part in a close reading of pages four through seven and 12-15 of the book, Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Bullfrog Circle by Deborah Dennard. Readers identify the story's main idea, list its key details, and examine...
Curated OER
Frog Friendly Habitat
Young scholars create a frog friendly habitat. In this animal habitat lesson, students study what animals need to survive and then create a frog habitat from a shoe box. Young scholars write a report about frogs and present...
Curated OER
A Science Experiment With Crayfish
A crayfish can lead to a science experiment involving habitats, animal behavior, and anatomy..
Curated OER
2nd Grade - Act. 25: Creature Creation
Create a creature using some of the characteristics of a real animal. Second graders will read a book from the "Froggy," series by Johnathan London to learn about the characteristics of frogs. After discussing and recording various...
WK Kellogg Biological Station
Sounds of Selection
Do you want a creative and fun way to teach about natural selection? Hop to it by turning your middle school princes and princesses into frogs trying to catch as many bugs as possible in a Hungry Hungry Hippos style game. For high...
Biology Junction
Introduction to Animals
Out of all animals, elephants alone lack the ability to jump. Scholars learn all about animals using a presentation full of fun examples. It describes different types of animals, the biological similarities and differences between...
Other
Kiddyhouse: All About Frogs for Kids and Teachers
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Life Stages Cards: Frog, Butterfly, and Dragonfly
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.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Animal Quizzes
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.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Pond Life Animal Printouts
Filled with printable pages of both plant and animal pond life, Enchanted Learning features fact sheets with color pictures.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Amphibians
This resource offers extensive information about amphibians. Visitors can click on the listed amphibians for further information.
University of California
Regents of the University of California: Amphibia Web
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,...
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Amphibian Embryology Tutorial
This amphibian embryology tutorial takes an in depth look at the question "Why study amphibians?". Through this tutorial students will develop a better understanding of vertebrate development.