The document outlines a 15 lesson plan for studying animal life cycles. It focuses on monarch butterflies with lessons 6-8 observing the caterpillar stage and lessons 9-11 occurring while waiting for the butterfly stage. Other topics included are observing worms, comparing life cycles of eggs and caterpillars, the pupa stage, food chains, and comparing schoolyard animals.

1. Lesson Overview
An Animal Life
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Lesson Overview Time Other Things to Know
1 • Pre Test 30 min Book: Under One Rock
• Prediction- Animals in school yard 30 min
• Outside Looking at Animals 60 min
2 • Get Animals- Build Classroom Habitat 60 min
3 • Observe School Yard Animals 30 min *Make Word Sort Card
• Introduce Venn Diagram 30 min Set
4 • Observing Worms 40 min Book: An Earth Worm’s
Life
5 • Eggs Start Life Cycle 45 min *Need 8 Hard Boiled
• Life Cycles Pictures 45 min Eggs
6 • Monarch (larva observation) 30 min Lesson 6, 7, and 8 need
• Larva Physical Characteristic Chart 30 min to be done within 2
weeks, during caterpillar
stage
7 • What Kids Like to Eat 30 min
• Student Experiment- What do 30 min
caterpillars eat?
• Summary Discussion 30 min
8 • Getting Ready for Pupa Stage 30 min
• Adding Info to Life Cycle 30 min
9 • Draw Habitat Poster 30 min Lesson 9, 10, 11 need to
• Summary Discussion 30 min be done while waiting
for butterfly stage, 2
weeks
Book: In the Woods:
Who’s Been Here?
10 • Food Chains 40 min
11 • Features & Functions to get Food 30 min
• Shark & Fish Game 30 min
12 • Adult Butterfly-Body Part Functions 30 min
• Venn Diagram – Caterpillar/Butterfly 30 min
13 • Life Cycle Review 30 min
• Life Cycle Story Game 30 min
14 • Adults and Babies 40 min Book: An Animals Life
15 • Comparing Themselves to Other 30 min
Animals- Venn Diagram
• Return School Yard Animals 30 min
• Post Test 30 min