Grade 2 Links - Life Science - Life Cycles

Grade 2 Links - Life Science - Life Cycles
Overarching Question: How can I become more like a scientist?

Animals and plants have life cycles.
	KidsKonnect - Lifecycles- http://www.kidskonnect.com/LifeCycles/LifeCycleHome.html
	Butterfly Life Cycle Photos http://www.acnatsci.org/education/L2L/Four_Stages_of_Development.html
	Frog Life Cycles http://www.ipcc.ie/lifecycle.html
	Mosquito Life Cycle http://insected.arizona.edu/lesson_05/mosquitolife.htm
	Butterfly Life Cycle http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/beal/curriculum/butterfly/cycle/index.htm
	Animal and Plant Life Cycles http://www.beenleigss.qld.edu.au/requested_sites/lifecycles/

Life cycles vary for different living things.
	Complete and Incomplete Metamorphosis http://www.bijlmakers.com/entomology/begin.htm
	eNature - Caterpillars and Chrysalises http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?curGroupID=2&shapeID=986
	eNature - Frogs and Toads http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?curGroupID=7&shapeID=1056
	Frog Metamorphosis http://www.tooter4kids.com/Frogs/life_cycle_of_frogs.htm
	Life Cycle of a Kingsnake http://www.desertusa.com/magfeb98/feb_pap/du_kingsnake.html
	Plant & Animal Life Cycles http://www.wms.wantaghufsd.k12.ny.us/Forest_Lake_Elem/secondgrade/scilifecycles.htm
	Plant Life Cycle http://www.arboretum.fullerton.edu/grow/primer/cycle.asp

A complete life cycle for animals is: birth, growth, reproduction, death.
	Life Cycle of an Ant Colony http://research.amnh.org/entomology/social_insects/ants/ant_colony_cycle.html
	Exploring Butterflies - Info. Facts & Activities http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/Beal/Curriculum/butterfly/butterflies.html
	Life Cycle of Meal Worms http://www.wms.wantaghufsd.k12.ny.us/Forest_Lake_Elem/secondgrade/lifemealworms.htm
	BBC Science Clip - Life Cycles http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/life_cycles.shtml

Each species has a range of environmental conditions in which it will survive and thrive.
	Animals in our Backyard - Nature Trail at Pocantico http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/trail/trail.htm
	Did You See That? http://www.dnr.wi.gov/eek/nature/season/pheno.asp
	Journey North - http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
	KidsKonnect - Lifecycles http://www.kidskonnect.com/LifeCycles/LifeCycleHome.html
	World Biomes http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/habitats/habitats.htm
	Frogs in your state - FrogwatchUSA - National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA/frogs_state.cfm?showstate=ma#frogs


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