In this investigation, students figure out which events in the life cycles of different animals and plants are the same and which events in their life cycles are different.

The Patterns of Change in Living Things kit includes all the materials that students will need to design and carry out an investigation.

Each kit contains enough materials for six groups of students. 

Materials:

Life Cycle cards of the following:

• Cricket
• Beans
• Salmon
• Robin
• Frog
• Ladybug
• Housefly
• Salamander
• Lion
• Dragonfly
• Monarch Butterfly
• Tomatoes
• Chicken

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Alignment with Academic Standards for Science

Core Idea(s)

• ELS3: Growth and Development of Organisms

Practices

• SEP1: Asking questions and defining problems
• SEP3: Planning and carrying out investigations
• SEP4: Analyzing and interpreting data
• SEP7: Engaging in argument from evidence
• SEP8: Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Crosscutting Concepts

• CC1: Patterns
• CC7: Stability and change

Teachers can use this investigation to help students reach any of the performance expectations for science that are listed in the table below.