Table of Contents
Life Cycles
Essential Question: How do these life cycles effect the environment?
I. Key Idea #1: Plant
A. What are the parts of a plant?
B. What do plants need to grow?
C. What is the life cycle of a plant?
Activities
A. Label Plant Diagram
B. Growing plants in the classroom
C. "My Plant Journal" Observations
D. Smart Board Activity
Experiment: Students will predict and determine which plant will grow best given the variables.
II. Key Idea #2: Butterfly
A. What does the anatomy of a butterfly consist of?
B. Compare and contrast moths and butterflies.
C. What are the four stages of the life cycle?
Activities:
A. Labeling the parts of the butterfly
B. Venn Diagram
C. Glogster
D. Illustrate the four stages
Experiment: Students will each observe their own butterfly grow.
III. Key Idea #4: Frog
A. What are some habitats for frogs?
B. What ecosystem does the frog belong to?
C. What are the steps of the frog life cycle?
Activities:
A. Create a shoe box habitat equipped for a frog
B. Design a food chain portraying producers and consumers
C. Math Activity
D. Construct a sequence wheel of the frog life cycle
Experiment: Students will observe their tadpoles grow into frogs.
IV. Key Idea #3: Water
A. What are different types of bodies of water?
B. What is the water life cycle?
C. Why is water so important?
Activities:
A. Define different types of bodies of water.
B. Glogster
C. Create an acrostic water poem
Experiment: Students will perform plastic bag water cycle experiment over a few days.
Culminating Activity
Students will invent a trading card on their favorite corresponding life cycle during the unit. They
must include the following: cycle sequence, illustrations,and facts. They also need to incorporate the
essential question: How does this cycle effect the environment?
Essential Question: How do these life cycles effect the environment?
I. Key Idea #1: Plant
A. What are the parts of a plant?
B. What do plants need to grow?
C. What is the life cycle of a plant?
Activities
A. Label Plant Diagram
B. Growing plants in the classroom
C. "My Plant Journal" Observations
D. Smart Board Activity
Experiment: Students will predict and determine which plant will grow best given the variables.
II. Key Idea #2: Butterfly
A. What does the anatomy of a butterfly consist of?
B. Compare and contrast moths and butterflies.
C. What are the four stages of the life cycle?
Activities:
A. Labeling the parts of the butterfly
B. Venn Diagram
C. Glogster
D. Illustrate the four stages
Experiment: Students will each observe their own butterfly grow.
III. Key Idea #4: Frog
A. What are some habitats for frogs?
B. What ecosystem does the frog belong to?
C. What are the steps of the frog life cycle?
Activities:
A. Create a shoe box habitat equipped for a frog
B. Design a food chain portraying producers and consumers
C. Math Activity
D. Construct a sequence wheel of the frog life cycle
Experiment: Students will observe their tadpoles grow into frogs.
IV. Key Idea #3: Water
A. What are different types of bodies of water?
B. What is the water life cycle?
C. Why is water so important?
Activities:
A. Define different types of bodies of water.
B. Glogster
C. Create an acrostic water poem
Experiment: Students will perform plastic bag water cycle experiment over a few days.
Culminating Activity
Students will invent a trading card on their favorite corresponding life cycle during the unit. They
must include the following: cycle sequence, illustrations,and facts. They also need to incorporate the
essential question: How does this cycle effect the environment?