Life Cycles (Life Science)
From watching a pea sprout to feeding apples to butterflies, children closely study four organisms, including humans, to observe the remarkable growth and change that living things experience during their life spans.
View a Life Cycles Module Summary
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Full Module
A full module includes a Teacher Print package, student books for 30, and a classroom ExploraGear kit. (Supplemental Classroom Supplies and Spanish science notebooks are also available.)
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Teacher Print Package
Click to download a sample.
Life Cycles Teacher Lesson Manual
Science Notebook Teacher Guide
Visual Pack
Peterson First Guide to Caterpillars of North America [trade book]
Lesson 0
“I Wonder” Circle poster
What is a Scientist? [trade book]
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Student Books
Click to download a sample.
My Science Notebook
Life Cycles Science Notebook pages
Students record their Life Cycles explorations, data, and conclusions here.
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ExploraGear®
These unit-specific kits contain hard to find equipment that the students use over and over during lesson explorations. They also contain some consumable materials for student experiments and data collection activities. Kits are designed to facilitate both individual and small group work by students and to allow for hands-on activities.
Materials for hands-on exploration for 30 students
View a list of contents for the Life Cycles ExploraGear.
Download an order form for replacement parts.
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Also available (not in module packages)
Supplemental Classroom Supplies
These kits are meant to enrich the existing ExploraGears® by providing teachers with additional classroom supplies. These give teachers the option of spending less prep time gathering common materials.
Additional, more common materials for 30 students
View a list of contents for the Life Cycles Supplemental Classroom Supplies.
Download an order form for replacement parts.
Spanish Science Notebooks
Life Cycles Spanish Science Notebook pages
Spanish Student Science Notebooks are available in pdf or print. To inquire, write to orders@sciencecompanion.com.