Format
1. Introduction to theme/topic
2. Life cycle basics
3. Frog life cycle
4. Salamander life cycle
5. Turtle/tortoise life cycle
6. Wrap up
7. Questions and answers
Objectives
1. Students will learn about various animals that start their life cycle as eggs.
2. Students will understand the stages of development from egg to hatchling.
3. Students will appreciate the diversity of life cycles in the animal kingdom.
Standards Alignment
State Standards
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
LS.K.1.1 Engage in argument from evidence to summarize the characteristics of living organisms and nonliving things in terms of their: structure, growth, changes, movement, basic needs
LS.K.2.1 Analyze and interpret data to compare the characteristics of different types of the same animal to determine individual similarities and differences
LS.2.1.1 Use models to summarize the life cycle of animals including: birth, developing into an adult, reproducing, aging and death.
LS.2.1.2 Obtain, evaluate and communicate information to compare life cycles of different animals.
LS.2.2.1 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to summarize ways in which
animals closely resemble their parents and ways they are different.