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The document is an interactive PowerPoint activity designed to teach students about the life cycles of various organisms, emphasizing that all organisms undergo a life cycle consisting of birth, growth, reproduction, and death. It discusses the differences in growth and reproduction methods among animals, including examples of metamorphosis and the impact of environmental factors on species survival. The activity encourages students to explore the life cycles of local wildlife found in their outdoor classroom.

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OC Field Journal-Comparing Life Cycles QA PPT

The document is an interactive PowerPoint activity designed to teach students about the life cycles of various organisms, emphasizing that all organisms undergo a life cycle consisting of birth, growth, reproduction, and death. It discusses the differences in growth and reproduction methods among animals, including examples of metamorphosis and the impact of environmental factors on species survival. The activity encourages students to explore the life cycles of local wildlife found in their outdoor classroom.

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Comparing Life Cycles

Alabama Wildlife Federation Outdoor Classroom Field Journal Activity

To use this interactive PowerPoint with your students:


1. Click on “Enable Editing.”
2. Click the “Slide Show” tab at the top of the screen.
3. Then choose “From Beginning” from the menu.
Do all organisms have a life cycle?
First, what is an organism?

An organism is a living thing.


An organism could be a plant like a... …or an animal such as a...

wildflower tree human spider

bush salamander
Do all organisms have a life cycle?
Second, what is a life cycle?

Hint: A cycle is a series of events that repeat in the same order.

A life cycle is the


physical changes an
organism (animal or
plant) goes through
during its life.

Yes, ALL organisms have a life cycle.


What do organisms’ life cycles have in common?
How does the life cycle start?What happens next?

Birth Growth Reproduction Death

All plants and All plants and Adult plants All plants and
animals are animals grow and animals animals
produced by or change can produce eventually die.
their from “babies” new “babies.”
“parents.” to adults.
Are all animals born the same way that we are?
How are humans born? Do we hatch from an egg?

birds butterflies

bats
dogs
(caterpillars)

snakes
raccoons
Humans have
live births from (& other reptiles) fish
their mothers
manatee Some animals do
just like... & other mammals.
hatch from eggs.
Do humans experience the same type of “growth”
from a baby to an adult as other animals do?

corn snakes

black bears
Some animals (like humans) do not physically change
very much. They are born with all of the same body
parts as the adults have. They just grow larger. box turtles
Do all animals experience the same type of
“growth” from a baby to an adult?
Although some animals change little as they grow larger, others go
NO! through a complete metamorphosis (change) as they “grow” into adults.
Common Buckeye Butterfly

Egg with Caterpillar Caterpillar Adult butterfly


caterpillar eats & grows forms a emerges from
inside it chrysalis chrysalis
Another example of metamorphosis during “growth”…

Southern Leopard Frog

adult frog with eggs


legs and lungs

tadpole with gills &


tadpole
with legs without legs or lungs
Do other animals take 15-20 years to grow
and mature into adults like humans do?
No!

Eastern Southern Common


Humans Eastern
Dogs Bluebirds Leopard Buckeyes
15-20 years 18 months - Box Turtles
10-11 4-5 years Frogs 2-3 weeks
2 years months 3-4 months
Do all animals complete their life cycles
and die in the same amount of time?
No!

Eastern Southern
Eastern Common
Humans Dogs Bluebirds Leopard
10-15 years Box Turtle Buckeyes
70-80 years 6-10 years 30-40 years
Frogs
1-3 years 4-5 weeks
What happens if the adult animals die
before they can reproduce?

Birth Growth Reproduction Death

For the life cycle to continue,


adult animals must reproduce and “babies” must be born
to grow into adults and continue the cycle.

Without reproduction, there are no births! Without birth, there is no growth!


What happens if ALL of the adults
of a species are unable to reproduce?
Then the population will decline and eventually go extinct.
For instance, monarch Because milkweed is not
butterflies need a plant
called milkweed to lay X easily found, the
monarch population has
their eggs on. declined by 90% in the
past 20 years.
Death If you plant milkweed,
If they cannot find any you are helping the
milkweed, then they die monarch butterflies
before they can reproduce continue their life cycle
and the life cycle is broken. and grow their
population.
What animals could we find in our outdoor classroom?
Which part of their life cycle could we find?

Amphibians… Birds… Baby Insects…


Green Tree Frog Carolina Wrens Bumblebee

Reptiles…
Five-lined Skink

Mammals…
Chipmunk

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