Life Cycle Slide Show

Credits:

Steve Gandy steve@stevegandy.com

Linda Block-Gandy Linda.block-gandy@adams12.org

Date Created: 1/8/2003 11:47:43 AM EST

 

Subject Matter:

Language Arts (English), Science, Technology

 

Grades:

2

 

Software Application:

Kid Pix, AppleWorks, StarOffice

 

Summary:

Students draw and label the parts of a life cycle of an insect that undergoes metamorphosis.

 

State & National Standards:

CO- Colorado Academic Standards

´ Subject : Science

´ Standard 3: Life Science: Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with each other and their environment. (Focus: Biology-- Anatomy, Physiology, Botany, Zoology, Ecology)

´ Key Idea 3.3: Students know and understand how the human body functions, factors that influence its structures and functions, and how these structures and functions compare with those of other organisms

´ Grade/Level : Grades K-4

 Performance Indicator : describing life cycles of selected organisms (for example, frog, chicken, butterfly, radish, bean plant)

 

Local Standards:

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SKILLS CONTINUUM

Standard #2 Productivity Applications: Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.

 

2E Drawing - Uses drawing tools to create an original graphic

2E.1 Uses drawing tools such as eraser, fill, pencil, paintbrush, airbrush, etc.

 

Lesson Outcomes:

Students use draw tools to diagram the life cycle of an insect that undergoes metamorphosis.

Drawings should include egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages. Each stage should be labeled.

 

Assessment:

The Life Cycle Diagram can be used as a formative or summative assessment for study of insect life cycles. Diagrams should be done neatly and each stage should be clearly represented and labeled.

 

Assessment/Rubrics:

Evaluate the completeness.

 

1. Are all the stages present?

2. Is each stage labeled?

3. Are the drawings clear?

 

Student Prerequisites:

Students should have studied the life cycles of various insects (i.e., painted lady butterfly, mealworm beetle) in class. Students should have learned the various stages and know what metamorphosis means.

 

Lesson Preparation:

Class study of the life cycles should be concluded or in progress before beginning this project. Resources from the classroom or Internet should be available for reference.

 

Time Frame:

2 class periods. 45 Min. per class.

 

Implementation Steps:

Begin by reviewing and/or introducing the use of the ellipse (oval) tool in the painting software being used. Have the students begin the process by creating a large oval to be used as a guide for the life cycle. A discussion of the relationship between the terms "circle" and "cycle" would be beneficial.

 

Have them draw the stages evenly spaced around the circle. This would be an excellent time to introduce the concept of drawing with the smallest paint brushes. Since they are drawing several pictures on the same document space will be at a premium. It is also an excellent time to introduce the concept of drawing in an unused, open portion of the document and then using the selection tool to move the drawing into position.

 

Have them label the stages and draw diagram lines from labels to the drawings.

 

Save and print.

 

Lesson Resources:

SCIS3+ Life Cycles Kit

FOSS Insects Kit

Various Insect Books

 

Product(s) Description:

Students create a drawing of the life cycle of an insect that undergoes metamorphosis. Stages are labeled.

 

Comments:

Students can diagram and label the life cycle stages of other organisms.

Diagram is an excellent prompt for an expository paragraph on the life cycle of an insect.

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