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Students will be able to use and view the different diagrams demonstrating the various life cycles of animals and plants. They are able to have a visual representation of each stage in different life cycles.

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From watching the video students will be able to understand and know what a life cycle is, plants start from seeds, animals start from eggs or live birth, and that life cycles start at birth, end with death and involve growth & reproduction.

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Animal & Plant Life Cycles

What information does a life cycle diagram can tell us?

Draw a life cycle diagram using these four stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly

How are the life cycles of animals and plants similar? How are they different?

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Learn about animal and plant life cycles! Our science video for kids shows you the life cycle of a butterly, frog, plant and even a dog. Watch now!

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Young learners will be able to decorate and grow their own Water Cress plants in a jar. These plants grow very fast, therefore students can witness record their daily observations of the plants and the different stages

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Growing Cress Heads and Cress Initials! - The Imagination Tree

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We have been having fun with an easy indoor growing project and learning lots of fun facts about nature and science along the way! Cakie filled up some plastic tubs with cotton wool balls and watered them until they were damp (but not soaking wet.)

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Students can help create an anchor chart of the plant life cycle, then post it for reference as they do hands-on learning.

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Students will read and enjoy following the journey of a sea turtle as they migrate to the beach where they were born, lay eggs and then watch those eggs hatch & grow into adult sea turtles.  A detailed glossary is also included.

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Students will create life cycle wheels to  review what they have learned about the life cycle of various animals. They can choose to do one on their favorite animals to add a special touch.

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Save time and money with this FOREVER GROWING ANIMAL LIFE CYCLE ACTIVITIES BUNDLE that consists so far of 18 of my ANIMAL LIFE CYCLE INTERACTIVE WHEELS! Update:

Groundhog, Rabbit, Robin, Spider, Reindeer, Arctic Fox, and Harp Seal Life Cycle Wheels ADDED! - October 11, 2018

Arctic Puffin ADDED - December 6, 2018

This bundle contains 18 of my life cycle wheel packets to help your students review what they have learned about the life cycle of various animals.

See them individually:
Each life cycle packet comes with

a colored cover

a colored wheel template with text and images

a black and white cover

a black and white wheel template with text and images

colored cover and wheel template on one page

black and white cover and wheel template on one page

Templates are in color, and black and white, giving you flexibility in printing. Finished wheels can be used for individual presentation of understanding about the life cycles mentioned in front of the class or within small groups. They can also be placed on bulletin boards.

Please see the Preview to see all the sheets in this interactive bundle.

NOTE: This bundle is a FOREVER GROWING BUNDLE. This means you'll be getting ALL future interactive wheels I will make for FREE upon purchase. I'll be increasing the price of this bundle as I add more interactive wheels though, so the earlier you purchase, the better.
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Animal Life Cycle Interactive Wheels Spring Science Activities BUNDLE

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Save time and money with this FOREVER GROWING ANIMAL LIFE CYCLE ACTIVITIES BUNDLE that consists so far of 18 of my ANIMAL LIFE CYCLE INTERACTIVE WHEELS!Update: Groundhog, Rabbit, Robin, Spider, Reindeer, Arctic Fox, and Harp Seal Life Cycle Wheels ADDED! - October 11, 2018Arctic Puffin ADDED - Decem...

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Have students observe and take notes on the lifecycle of a real butterfly up close and personal. With this habitat students can view each stage starting from the caterpillar to the birth and release of a butterfly.

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We did one of these kits last spring and didn't have much trouble at all, so I knew what to expect this time around.
I noticed upon arrival of my caterpillars that the cups are now different from last year... which would soon prove (in my observation to be a problem.)

The caterpillars all ate and got bigger and bigger just like last year... however when it came time for them to crawl to the top of the cup and form their "J" shapes they seemed to be 'not happy'? I could see the difference from last year.... this time they kept crawling and crawling and trying to 'bite through' the top of the cup lid??? One was so desperately biting the sides of the cup and lid that I could hear the sound of it across the room!!!!???? (We didn't experience this last year)

They kept crawling around the top of the lid and then going back down the sides of the cup as if to be displaying something not suitable for them to position themselves from the top of the cup? We kept watching and they tried and tried to 'get connected' to the lid of the caterpillar cup, and 2 fell down onto the floor and started their transformation ON TOP OF EACH OTHER on the floor, which resulted in lots of condensation and 'wetness' in that area... GROSS!!! Neither of them made it sadly.....

The other 3 still trying up at the top of the cup.... first one managed to somehow connect itself by grass/webbing so it appears to be hanging mid air by only cobwebs if you will? The next one continues crawling around trying to fight and knock the rest down.... one eventually hangs in a J and died like that... never forming into a chrysalis.... and the next one manages to hang by it's belly and therefore head hung the wrong way (backwards) and it died in this position.....

So we have one chrysalis.... BUT I'm thinking it may not make it because from my experience doing this last year, the chrysalis should twitch and twitter when it's moved from cup to mesh habitat and this did not happen :(

If I wouldn't have done this kit last year and experienced a perfect experience, maybe I wouldn't know any better this time around... but something was radically wrong here!!!!! I could 'sense' that these caterpillars were in distress about the top of this cup..... Insectlore has changed something here and it's NOT WORKING!!!!!!! Go back to the old style cups!!!! The caterpillars DON'T LIKE THESE NEW CUPS!!!!!

In the mean time I have a VERY UPSET 6 year old that was waiting to release 5 butterfly's!!! We will be lucky if this one makes it!! I don't think it's alive inside the chrysalis.

The other PROBLEM is that I ordered one kit for myself, and one for my daughter's friend as a birthday gift. They are also having some problems with caterpillars falling to the floor or their cup too! Something not right here!!!!!

I have tried to contact insectlore regarding this problem and the phone number I call keeps saying that's it's after business hours, which it's definitly not!!! They are in CA and I'm in PA, which is 3 hours difference..... I took this into consideration when calling. So I've spent $60 for two kits that are both duds! So anyone thinking about sending a kit as a gift better think twice since the new kit changes.....

Our last butterfly kit we raised was May 2016 and we had no problems like this!!!!

And just to clarify for everyone.... we DID NOT handle the caterpillar cup, we did not shake the cup, we did not put the cup of caterpillars in the sun, we did not have the cup in major temperature changes, we DID bring the package in and open it within an hour of receiving our mail on a spring day. We set the cup of caterpillars on the counter in a spot that was away from any traffic or movement yet in a spot that we could watch them closely..... our house is a constant 70-73 degree temperature during the time that we've had them..... this is SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT!!!

UPDATE***
The one that was able to transform into chrysalis has died too now :(
I have been researching this to try and figure out what happened here and I think I figured out exactly what the problem is/was..... it's a virus called NPV (Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus) which kills caterpillars. This virus will cause caterpillars to hang in a J and never turn into a chrysalis (like mine did) or will make them hang in an "inverted V shape" (like mine did) or can make them disintegrate or "melt".... (gross!!! Mine did this too) .... so I believe this is exactly what happened to my caterpillars. They were shipped to me with this virus.... at least now I feel better knowing that there was nothing I could do to save them or change it.

So just be aware of you buy this kit, this could happen!

Hope this helps someone like me who just couldn't let it go and had to know what happened to their caterpillars as well!!! It was driving me nuts wondering what went wrong! And everything I read says this virus is VERY CONTAGEOUS so bleach everything the caterpillars came in contact with if you plan to raise more butterfly's after this!!!!!

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Plant and Life Cycle Venn Diagram Activity

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Plant and Life Cycle Venn Diagram Activity

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Students will be able to demonstrate and show what they have learned about the life cycles of different organisms and how they are similar and different.

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Comparing Plant and Animals Life Cycles Venn Diagram Worksheet

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Students will test their knowledge and review the different life cycle stages of a plant along with the proper terms of each stage by cutting, pasting, and placing each stage in the right area.

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Students can bring their very own lifecycle to life by creating a 3-D butterfly life cycle craft. Students are able to get artistic in showing the different stages of a butterfly.

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In this fun spring craft for kids, children will illustrate the butterfly life cycle right onto a paper plate. This post also contains a free printable template to help get you started! (This post contains affiliate links.)
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Spring is the perfect time of year to learn all about butterflies! We've seen quite a few fluttering around our backyard over the last couple weeks, and have encountered lots of cute, fuzzy caterpillars around town.

The kids have had lots of questions about caterpillars and butterflies, so we've been reading some books about the life cycle of butterflies to learn more. ( From Caterpillar to Butterfly is a good one to read!)

After learning all kinds of butterfly facts, I decided it was time to whip out my trusty, old paper plate butterfly life cycle craft from my teaching days to do with the kids!

See it in action here:
Be sure to check out these other caterpillar and butterfly activities on Buggy and Buddy:
Materials for Butterfly Life Cycle Craft

Directions for Butterfly Life Cycle Craft

1. Optional: Use tempera paint to paint your paper plate. Let it dry. (You can skip this step, we just wanted to add some color to our craft!)

2. Print out the free butterfly life cycle template. Cut out the circle and glue it in the center of your paper plate.

3. Egg Section

Cut out a small leaf from your green construction paper.

Draw lines on your leaf with your black marker or crayon. (These are our absolute favorite black pens to use for tracing and drawing.)

Glue some small, white pompoms onto your leaf to represent the eggs.

Glue the leaf and eggs onto the leaf section of your plate.

4. Caterpillar Section

Choose two different colored pipe cleaners to use for your caterpillar. Cut the pipe cleaners so they are each 6 inches long.

Twist the two pipe cleaners together.

Wrap the twisted pipe cleaners around a pencil.

Slide it off.

Glue your caterpillar onto the caterpillar section of your plate.

5. Chrysalis Section

Glue a small twig onto the chrysalis section of your plate.

To make the chrysalis, cut a piece of tissue paper so it's 2 inches x 3 inches.

Twist the top and bottom of the rectangle to form a chrysalis shape.

Glue it next to the twig on your paper plate.

6. Butterfly Section

Choose two colors of tissue paper to use for your butterfly wings. Cut them to 2 inches x 2.5 inches.

Stack the pieces of tissue paper together and round the corners with your scissors.

Cut a black pipe cleaner so it's 2.5 inches long. Scrunch up the center of both pieces of tissue paper and twist your black pipe cleaner around it.

Glue your cute, little butterfly onto the butterfly section of your paper plate.

You're all done! Once the craft is dry, your child can use it to retell the stages of the butterfly life cycle!

Be sure to check out STEAM Kids book and ebook for even more creative STEM and STEAM ideas!

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Butterfly Life Cycle Paper Plate Craft - Buggy and Buddy

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