Exploring Life Cycles: 25 Device Lesson

1. Using your iPad review this interactive website and watch video on the life cycle of a butterfly, frog, and bird.  Feel free to play the interactive life cycle game after you watch the video.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/life_cycle/index.htm

2. Now decide which of the three life cycles you would like to learn more about.  You should now know some introductory  information on each cycle. 

3. Once you choose the life cycle you want to learn more about visit the website that corresponds with your given life cycle.  These websites will help you get started.

• Butterfly: http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle, http://www.thebutterflysite.com/life-cycle.shtml
• Frog: http://www.tooter4kids.com/Frogs/life_cycle_of_frogs.htm, http://www.frog-life-cycle.com/
• Bird: http://www.bird-friends.com/Life.html

4. Now that you have explored your chosen life cycles website, continue to gather more information by exploring using    Google and YouTube.

5. Now use the Paper app on your iPad to sketch out the stages of your life cycle for reference.

6. Use the provided shared Google doc below to answer the question about your life cycle in your own words.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Au5546ElW21NdC11NlZqNHBpam5pM2xTNVFReWk5bHc&usp=sharing

7.  Write a paragraph or two using the questions you answered in the shared Google doc, to explain your life cycle in your own words using great detail.

8. You are now going to create your own Newspaper Clipping on your chosen life cycle using the Fodey web tool.  Before you being watch the short tutorial on how to use Fodey. http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp