Create Your Own Life Cycle

Creative Communicator

Overview

Create Your Own Life Cycle invites students to watch an informational Bill Nye video regarding life cycles, and then create their own life cycle from provided pictures by utilizing the Copy and Paste functions in Google Slides or PowerPoint.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

be able to develop a digital model to show that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common Birth, Growth, Reproduction, and Death. MI K-12 Science Standard

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words:

Life Cycle: The life cycle is a series of stages, such as childhood and middle age, that characterize the course of existence of an individual, group, or culture.
Birth: Birth is an act or instance of being born.
Growth: Growth is the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
Reproduction: Reproduction is the natural process among organisms by which new individuals are generated and the species perpetuated.
Death: Death is the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism.

Pre-planning

To prepare for this lesson:

The teacher should download and print this worksheet (created by Jennifer Donaldson) so each student has a copy.
The teacher should preview the video - Bill Nye - Life Cycles.
The teacher should preview the slideshow - Create Your Own Life Cycle and make copies in Google Slides or PowerPoint for the students.

Accommodations

See Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4student website in the Teacher Resources.

Steps

Directions for this activity:

Teacher:

Pass out the corresponding worksheet for the Bill Nye - Life Cycles video.
Tell students to fill out the worksheet as they watch the video.
Show students the Bill Nye - Life Cycles video.
Share the video link with your students so they can watch on their own if they wish.

Students:

The teacher will make copies of the slideshow or give the link to the students to make a copy of their own to use.
The students will edit the slideshow by using the Copy and Paste functions.
The students will complete the Life Cycle slide using the provided pictures.
Have the students share their completed slideshow with their teacher.

Assessment Options

Different options for assessing the students:

Observations
Check for understanding
Class and small group discussion
Have students share their created life cycle slide with you.

MITECS COMPETENCIES & ISTE STANDARDS

MITECS: Michigan adopted the "ISTE Standards for Students" called MITECS (Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students) in 2018.

Creative Communicator
6a. Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.
6b. Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.
6c. Students Communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.
6d. Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.