ScienceOrganisms & Life ProcessesAges 7–9

Life Cycles of Organisms

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all share the common stages of birth, growth, reproduction, and death

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Compare two life-cycle models while remembering that not every individual reproduces.

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Compare two life-cycle models while remembering that not every individual reproduces.

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Check understanding

Describe the life cycle of at least two different organisms (e.g. butterfly, frog, plant)
Identify the common stages all life cycles share: birth, growth, reproduction, death
Explain how life cycles can look very different (metamorphosis vs gradual growth) but follow the same pattern

“Can your child compare the life cycle of a butterfly with that of a frog and explain what stages they all share — being born, growing, having babies, and dying?”

Curriculum record

Type: Conceptual
Subject: Science
Domain: Organisms & Life Processes
Age range: Ages 7–9

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