Animal+Life+Cycles+(2nd+Grade)

by Kimberly Mosley and Chris Pugh =Standards=
 * Science CFU 0207.4.1** - Compare and contrast the life cycles of different organisms such as a chicken, butterfly, meal worm, frog, or human.


 * ISTE NETS **3.** **Research and Information Fluency** b.** locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.

=Lesson= TSW...
 * 1) Open Kidspiration 3.
 * 2) Click on READING AND WRITING.
 * 3) Scroll down to the VENN DIAGRAM activity, click to select it, and click OK.
 * 4) Click on the NAME button in the top toolbar, type the student's name, and click OK.
 * 5) Click in the label for the left circle of the Venn Diagram and type "Frog's Life Cycle".
 * 6) Watch the video on the Frog's Life Cycle from [|National Geographic Kids] Video Player [] (Start at 23 seconds in to skip past large section of egg-laying.)
 * 7) Use the FIND box below the Kidspiration smiley face to find pictures to match the parts of a frog's life cycle.
 * 8) Click and drag the pictures from the left symbol window into the circle for the frog's life cycle.
 * 9) Click in the label section for the right circle of the Venn diagram and type "Butterfly's Life Cycle".
 * 10) Discuss that many insects have the same life cycle. Show the mosquito's life cycle video. There are no mosquito pictures in Kidspiration.
 * 11) Watch the video on the Mosquitoes Life Cycle from National Geographic Kids Video Player, []
 * 12) Click on the SYMBOL MAKER button from the top toolbar to create an egg picture by using the brush tool to click and create tiny black dots, then click DONE.
 * 13) Label the eggs symbol.
 * 14) Use the FIND box below the Kidspiration smiley face to find pictures to match the parts of a butterfly's life cycle.
 * 15) Click and drag the pictures from the left symbol window into the circle for the butterfly's life cycle.
 * 16) Finally, click and drag any parts that appear in both sides to the center.
 * 17) Click FILE and PRINT to print finished Venn diagram.