Life Cycles | Create WebQuest

Introduction

All living things complete a life cycle. Every life cycle has different stages. Each change is called a metamorphosis. Not all animals have the same life cycle. This webquest will highlight several animals and their life cycles.

Task

The local Children's Discovery Museum wants to create a new exhibit where birds, ladybugs, butterflies, and another animal such as dragonflies will live successfully. Your job is to work with your group to research and report back to the board members about what the exhibit will need to be a good environment for all of these living things to thrive.

You will learn about an animal's life cycle. You will work as a team to research the stages of the animal's life by investigating, observing, and recording the life cycle phases. During this time, you will learn the stages, time period of the life cycle, the things it needs to survive, and any other interesting facts about your animal. Your team will create a Powtoon to share your findings with the Museum board members.

After your team finishes the Powtoon and reports to the Museum board members ( our class), your group will get together with the three other groups to make a grid map illustrating the total exhibit.

Process

You will take notes about your research in your science journal.

You will stand in a line from shortest to tallest. The shortest team member will be member A. The tallest team member will be member C and the person in the middle will be member B.

Team member A will answer these questions about your animal...

1) What do they eat?

2) Where do they live?

3) What do they need to survive?

4) One interesting fact

Team member B will answer these questions about your animal...

1) How many stages are in the animal's life cycle?

2) What are the names of each stage?

3) One interesting fact

Team member C will answer these questions about your animal...

1) Explain each stage including the length of each cycle of the animal's life cycle.

2) One interesting fact

Use these sites to find your answers...

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life_cycle/index.htm

http://share.nanjing-school.com/library/life-cycles-grade-2/

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/animals/animal-life-cycles.htm

www.butterflylifecycle.org

http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle

http://www.thebutterflysite.com/life-cycle.shtml

http://www.ladybuglady.com/LadybugsFAQ.htm

http://www.ladybug-life-cycle.com/

http://www.kean.edu/~fosborne/resources/ex6c.htm

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/lifecycles.html

http://askabiologist.asu.edu/before-and-after

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZpAjHWJT6c

Discuss your answers with the group.

After every person in your group has shared their results and all agree the research is finished, create a Powtoon using all of your information.

When your Powtoon is complete, show the teacher. Edit what the teacher asks you to edit and then present your Powtoon to the class. Your classmates will grade you on your thoroughness and public speaking ability. Please see rubric on the following page.

Evaluation

	4	3	2	1
Notetaking/ research	Each question is answered in acomplete sentence and can be justified.	Each question is answered and can be justified.	Some questions are answered and can be justified.	Questions are not answered or not justified.
Powtoon	Each answer is in the Powtoon. No Spelling nor grammatical errors. The life cycle is in the correct sequence.	Each answer is in the Powtoon. Few Spelling or grammatical errors. Most sequence is in correct order.	Some answers are in Powtoon. Some Spelling and grammatical errors. the life cycle is not in correct sequence.	Difficult to read and understand. Life Cycle is not in sequence.
Presentation	Presenters spoke loudly and clearly so that the audience could hear. Presenter used own voice and did not read from the screen.	Most presenters spoke loudly and clearly so the audience could hear and did not read from the screen.	Presenters spoke clearly so the audience could hear.	Presenters did not speak loudly nor clearly. Presenters read from the screen or were very unsure of what to say.
Map	Map is colorful, clear, and contained all the animal groups represented. Contained a legend/map key, compass rose, and clear grids.	Map is clear and contained all the animal groups grepresented. Contained a legend/ map key, compass rose and grids.	Map is vague or does not contain all the represented animal groups. Missing a legend/ map key or compass rose or grids.	Map is vague or does not contain all the represented animal groups. Missing a legend/ map key and compass rose and grids.

Conclusion

Now that you have finished researching an animal's life cycle, you may complete the following on your own...

1) Write a report comparing and contrasting two animals' life cycles. Make sure to have a main idea sentence and 3 - 4 details with an example or explanation for each detail followed by a conclusion sentence.

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