Life Cycles!

Click on the links below for activities for students to learn more about life cycles!

• Butterfly Life Cycle: diagram of a butterfly's life cycle, plus instructions on how to make a butterfly puppet

• Exploring Butterflies: from the Beal Early childhood center

• Butterfly and Moth Life Cycle: from the Children's Butterfly Site

• Butterfly and Moth Life Cycle: photographs and descriptions of each stage from the Pacific Science Center

• Butterfly Eggs: photographs of a variety of butterfly eggs

• Monarch Butterfly Metamorphosis: photographs and descriptions of each stage of the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly

• Butterfly Life Cycle Videos: slideshow videos of a monarch butterfly and moth metamorphosis

• Frog Life Cycle: ThinkQuest site

• Get a Life Cycle!: life cycle of the salmon from the Gold Star Kids Site. Click on the life cycle link from the home page

• Life Cycles of Plants: good site for 1st graders from the Great Plant Escape

• The Life Cycle of Plants: cool site that includes everything from seeds to plant identification

• Plant and Animal Life Cycles: everything from plants, to mealworms, to birds, to amphibians!

• Living Things- Life Cycles: Interactive computer game from BBC

• Plants WebQuest: a first-grade class visits the planet of Fernia, and has to learn all about the life cycles of plants.

• Becoming a Butterfly WebQuest: a WebQuest for first graders to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and create a poster of the process with a partner