Introduction
All living things go through a life cycle. Some aspects of their life cycle are different from one another. However, phases of its life cycle are predictable.
It will be your job to investigate, observe and record these life cycle phases. The information that you find will help your team to share with other classmates about the differences and similarities between living organisms' life cycles.
Task
You will be assigned to 1 of 4 teams, each team consisting of 5 members. Each team will be assigned an organism to research. Your team will learn the stages and time period of the life cycle of the organism that you are researching.
Your team will use internet resources to gather information and answer the questions that you are asked. Your team will then put the information together in order to:
1. Make a Yakit video of your organism telling about its own life cycle in first-person.
2. Answer questions and create a drawing of the stages of the organism's life cycle
Process
Frog Team- Follow the links and answer the questions! Don't forget to draw your life cycle picture on the back of you paper!
https://www.pebblego.com/content/animals/article.html?a=38&t=1
1. What are two things adult frogs have that tadpoles do not have?
http://www.tooter4kids.com/Frogs/life_cycle_of_frogs.htm
2. How long does it take for tadpoles to begin to change?
3. How long does it take from the egg stage to the adult stage?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pOsKcs78C4
4. Name the frog life cycle stages.
Pumpkin Team- Follow the links and answer the questions! Don't forget to draw your life cycle picture on the back of your paper!
https://www.pebblego.com/content/science/article.html?a=2033&previous=2973
1. How can you tell when adult pumpkins are ready to be picked?
http://www.slideshare.net/leborchard/the-life-cycle-of-a-pumpkin
2. Name the pumpkin life cycle stages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxzkjBKIsGs
3. In what season does the pumpkin life cycle begin?
4. Are all adult pumpkins the same?
Ladybug Team- Follow the links and answer the questions! Don't forget to draw your life cycle picture on the back of your paper!
https://www.pebblego.com/content/animals/article.html?a=126&previous=21
1. How many days until a ladybug pupa becomes an adult?
http://earthsbirthday.org/images/uploads/bugs/ladybug-lifecycle.pdf
2. How many eggs will a ladybug lay? Where does she lay them?
3. What are the ladybug life cycle stages?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvHWxDjfFB8
4. How many eggs can a ladybug lay in her lifetime?
Chicken Team- Follow the Links and answer the questions! Don't forget to draw your life cycle picture on the back!
https://www.pebblego.com/content/animals/article.html?a=66&t=null
1. How long does a chicken sit on her eggs?
2. How long until chicks become adults?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pozsn2f6M3Y
3. What was the baby chick like when it hatched from its shell? How is this different from an adult chicken?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHuAn5rz06k&list=PLLLtwaj8eIZ027Y0p18mKIMxqNuVnRpQq&index=2
4. What are the stages of the chicken life cycle?
5. What is the food in the egg for the unborn chick?
Evaluation
Did you:
1. Answer all of the questions
2. Draw your organism's life cycle
3. Create your Yakit video on your organism
Now, rate yourself from 1 to 4! Write this number at the top of your paper.
If you did all of these things you have successfully completed your challenge.
Super job! Give yourself a 4.
If you did two of these things, nice job! Give yourself a 3.
If you did one of these things, keep going! Give yourself a 2.
If you did not complete any of these things, nice try. Give yourself a 1.