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• Grades: K–6
• Number of Students: 1 kit per classroom, learning space, or household; well suited for small-group or learning-center activities.
• Number of Lessons: 3–6 flexible, teacher-directed lessons
• Hours of Content: Approximately 3–6 hours of instructional use, depending on sequencing activities, comparisons, discussion, observation, and extension work.
• Additional Resources: 6 included Life Cycle Sorting Cards ; Children's nonfiction books about insects and amphibians ; Life-cycle diagrams and photographs ; Science journals or observation notebooks ; Life-cycle sequencing worksheets ; Videos or live observations of insects and frogs ; Classification and comparison activities

Highlights:

• Provides hands-on exploration of six different animal life cycles
• Includes 24 detailed, true-to-life figurines
• Supports sorting, counting, sequencing, classification, and scientific study
• Durable, flexible plastic figures are oversized for small hands
• Six sorting cards provide built-in extension activities
• Includes both insects and an amphibian, allowing students to compare different developmental patterns
• Figures can be mixed together and sorted into their appropriate life cycles.

Curriculum or Lesson Topics:

• Animal life cycles
• Insect life cycles
• Frog life cycle
• Metamorphosis
• Growth and development
• Eggs, larvae/nymphs, pupae, and adults
• Sequencing and patterns
• Sorting and classification
• Comparing animal life cycles
• Observation and scientific inquiry
• Insects and amphibians
• Life-science vocabulary

Standard Alignments:

• NGSS K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals need to survive.
• NGSS 1-LS1-2: Use observations and texts to identify patterns in the behavior of parents and offspring.
• NGSS 3-LS1-1: Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles.
• Supports elementary science standards addressing life cycles, patterns, classification, observation, modeling, and animal development.

What’s Included:

• 24 life-cycle figurines
• Four stages each for:
  1. Butterfly
  2. Ladybug
  3. Honey Bee
  4. Praying Mantis
  5. Ant
  6. Frog
• 6 Life Cycle Sorting Cards
• Handy/reusable carrying case for organizing the figurines.

Technology Requirements/Specifications:

• No technology required
• Screen-free, hands-on science resource
• Durable, flexible plastic construction
• Multi-colored
• No assembly required
• No batteries required
• Product dimensions approximately 12" × 8" × 2.5"
• Weight approximately 1.1 lb
• UPC: 735569022056
• Manufacturer/part number: ILP2205
• Country of origin: China. 

Special Notes and Considerations:

• This is a supplemental hands-on science resource, not a complete curriculum; formal lesson plans, assessments, and teacher guides are not included.
• The set is particularly effective for small-group instruction, science centers, and sequencing games.
• The six life cycles provide an opportunity to compare complete metamorphosis (such as butterflies and beetles) with other developmental patterns.
• The frog inclusion makes the set useful for comparing insects with amphibians.
• Contains small parts and presents a choking hazard; not intended for children under 3 years. 
• The included sorting cards can be used as answer/reference cards or as prompts for independent sequencing activities.