2nd Grade - Life Cycles
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Driving Question: How can we, as scientists, develop a model to help kindergarten students understand how living things change and grow?
Task - Kindergarten students need your help! They are studying animals & plants but need more help to learn how they change and grow. The students are observing the changes a caterpillar to see how it will become a butterfly. This has made them very curious about other animals. The kindergarten teachers have asked for experts to help teach their students about other life cycles. Each student has recorded a Flipgrid video with a question they need answered about different types of animals or plants. Can you help answer their questions?
Process - You will become a scientists studying life cycles. You must complete the research below to become an expert in the field.
Life Cycle Research - What is a life cycle?
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Butterfly Life Cycle Research
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Life Cycle of a Beetle Research
Mealworm Life Cycle
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Plant Life Cycle Research
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Pollination - An Animal's Role Research
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Animal Life Cycle Model
Now that you are an expert, it is time to complete your final task in order to answer the questions from our kindergarten students. Use the digital resources below and books to help you explore more about your chosen animal. Then, you will create a model to illustrate the life cycle of that animal. Record a response to your kindergarten student as a comment in Flipgrid.
KidRex - A safe search engine for kids.
http://www.kidrex.org/ Kiddle - Google for Kids http://www.kiddle.co/ |
MackinVia - Fulton County's eResource Management System. Your one-stop-shop for ebooks, online databases, audiobooks and more.
-Go through Launchpad (Student ID and Birthdate)
-Go through Launchpad (Student ID and Birthdate)