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Lesson Author
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Ashlinn Reed
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Lesson Overview

Lesson Plan Title The Cycle of Life

Open /Essential What makes the life cycle of a butterfly, frog, and dog similar? What factors make their life
Question cycle different?
The lesson is being taught so students can recognize the four stages of the life cycle of living
things especially highlighting the life cycle of frogs, butterflies, and dogs. Students will learn
a song about the life cycle from YouTube called Life Cycle Songs for Kids by Super Kids
that introduces different examples of the life cycle and the process of it. Groups
Lesson Summary of students will be provided with 12 pictures each; 4 of what a butterfly looks like
in its different stages of life cycle, 4 of a frog at different stages, and 4 of a dog
at different stages. Students will complete a Venn diagram that demonstrates
their knowledge of the similarities and differences of the life cycle for different
animals.
Subject Area(s) Life Science
Grade Level Second Grade
 Given descriptions and models of the life cycles of a butterfly, frog and dog, students will
Student Objectives
identify the similarities and differences of the life cycle of a butterfly, frog, and dog.
Second Grade
Strand II: Content of Science
Standard II (Life Science): Understand the properties, structures, and processes of living
Standards and things and the interdependence of living things and their environments.
Benchmarks K-4 Benchmark II: Know that living things have similarities and differences and that living
things change over time.
1. Explain that stages of the life cycle are different for different animals (e.g., mouse, cat,
horse, butterfly, frog).

Assessment
Procedure
Students will fill out a Venn Diagram that compares the two of the
Step-by-step
Student three
Introduction:
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Procedure
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two animalsfrom a baby to an adult to
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compare. dying is called the life cycle. Every living thing on Earth goes through the life
Teaching cycle.
instruction The life cycle starts when an animal, human, or plant is born.
s written Everyone in this world was first a baby. It might take a different amount of time, but
as a eventually each animal, plant, or human should become adults. An adult can reproduce,
numbered meaning have babies. Reproducing continues the life cycle making it happen again and
list of again. Finally, each animal, plant, or human will die eventually and that ends one life cycle.
steps to
Were going to explore a few different life cycles of different animals including: butterflies,
be taken
in order to frogs and dogs.
teach the I have a fun song that will hopefully help you all to remember the stages of the life cycle:
lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3K5L7nCODM
Examples To make sure that we are all on the same page lets go over as a class the four stages: birth,
of guiding adulthood, reproduction, death. Whats interesting is that some living things will change a
or few different times between the first stage of life and the second stage of life.
facilitation As a class lets come up with some examples of living things that change between stages.
questions (Humans change from babies to toddlers to children to young adults to teenagers to adult;
 throughou Butterflies change from egg to caterpillar to a chrysalis before reaching its adult stage).
t the The video talked about a butterfly and listed its four stages. In the first stage of a butterflys
lesson life, what does it look like? (Its an egg). The butterfly is an egg for only 5 days! In its
How and second stage a butterfly is called a what? (A caterpillar) In a butterflys third stage of life,
when to use what is it called? (A chrysalis or pupa). In its final stage of adulthood, a caterpillar becomes
the resources a what? (A butterfly).
and materials Ill show my students a picture of the life cycle of a butterfly: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-
used in the
np/on/pelee/natcul/~/media/pn-np/on/Pelee/k-m/lifecycle_e.ashx
lesson
Now that we know the four stages butterflies go through becoming adult butterflies, lets
look at the life cycle of another living thing; a dog.
Heres a picture of the life cycle of a dog: https://www.education.com/worksheet-
image/219862/color-life-cycle-dog-life.gif.
We know that a dog first starts as a puppy, based on what you know, what does a puppy
need to be able to grow into an adult dog? (Im looking for thinking about how a puppy is
able to grow such as getting milk and food from its mother/owner. We know that with living
things giving them the right food and time will allow it to develop into an adult).
All living things need food, water, and care to reach their adulthood.
The life cycle we want to look at is the life cycle of a frog from its beginning steps to
becoming an adult. Heres a picture that gives you an idea of what a frog goes through to
become an adult: http://www.merrittacademy.org/imgs/student/pixie22/media/image3.png.
Class discussion: Did you find any similarities between a dog, butterfly, and frog as they
grow through their life cycle? (answers can include: all of them change a few different times
from birth to adulthood, all of them are able to reproduce at adulthood, frogs and butterflies
begin as eggs)
Did you notice any differences between the three animals life cycles? (It takes a different
amount of time for each animal to reach adulthood; dog=12-18 months, frog=few weeks,
butterfly=6 weeks. Dogs dont hatch from eggs whereas frogs and butterflies do).
Now that weve gone over the life cycle I would like you all to pick two of the three animals
to compare in a Venn diagram and discuss the similarities and differences.
This is the rubric that I created for your Venn diagrams. Im looking for you to name the
animals you are comparing, at least two differences are given for each animal chosen, two
similarities are listed and you can explain what makes the animals cycles similar or different
 in one sentence. Each table will get their own rubric to look over to make sure youre on the
right track.

Students have to understand that every living thing in this world starts as a baby and eventually
Prerequisite dies.
Skills Needed
Students have to understand what similarity and difference mean as I use those terms a lot.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3K5L7nCODM
Life cycle of butterfly image: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/on/pelee/natcul/~/media/pn-
np/on/Pelee/k-m/lifecycle_e.ashx
Credits Life cycle of dog image: https://www.education.com/worksheet-image/219862/color-life-cycle-dog-
life.gif.
Life cycle of frog image: http://www.merrittacademy.org/imgs/student/pixie22/media/image3.png

Include all worksheets, scaffolds and grading rubrics as additional pages within this document.
Rubric for Venn Diagram:

Names Two Animals to
Compare
Differences for Animal #1
Differences for Animal #2
Similarities between the two
Understanding of Topic
3 2
Both animals named above
diagram.
At least two differences are
listed
At least two differences are
listed
At least two similarities
listed
Gives a little detail (a
sentence) to each difference
or similarity.
0
One animal named above Neither animal is identified.
diagram.
One difference is listed Zero differences are listed.
One difference is listed Zero differences are listed
One similarity listed Zero similarities listed
Doesnt give a detail (a
sentence) to each difference
or similarity.
 Name______________________
Directions: Pick two of the three animals discussed: dog, butterfly, or frog to compare.
Write what makes one different on one circle and write what makes the other animal
different on the other circle. The middle circle is for things that make them similar. Write at
least two differences for each animal and at least two similarities between the two animals.
Write one sentence about why you wrote down a difference or similarity.

Animal #1_________________________ Animal #2__________________________

What is different about this animal? What is similar between the two? What is different about this animal?