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=**ND Standard 3.4.2 Describe the life cycles of plants and animals (e.g., birds, mammals, grasses, trees, insects, flowers). **= =I created this pathfinder, to allow teachers in third grade to use the information for their classroom. I have used a lot of this information in my own classroom. I am excited to have put all of the information together for future use. I have never created a wiki before, so I hope this is correct. = =I have included books you can check out or buy, magazine articles that the kids can use or the teacher can read for information, websites that offer great activities and information for both the classroom teacher and the students and an area with media links like slide shows and videos to use. I find that life cycles encompasses a lot of third grade science and this is something I can add to as I find new information on plant and animal life cycles. Although I made this pathfinder with grade three teachers and students in mind, a lot of the information included could be used a grade level above or below with some simple adaptations. = = Books ﻿ - I included books that can be checked out in the library under the call numbers 570 to 597. These are some titles available in our school library. = DK Eyewitness Arctic and Antarctic 11-01-2004 Call Number: 597 DK Eyewitness Butterfly and Moth 11-01-2004 Call Number 595 Crabtree Publishing Company Ages 4-8, March 2006 Call Number 595 Storey Publishing, LLC April, 2006 Call Number 595.78 Powerkids Print, January 2010, Ages 4-8 Call Number 582 TH Capstone Press, January 2007, Ages 4-8 Call Number: 582 TA Nelson Thornes Macmillan Libra, February 2007 Call Number: 582 JA Crabtree Publishing Company 2006 Call Number: 571.81 Pearson Prentice Hall 2006, Call Number 570
 * **Life in Antarctic waters**; Barbara Taylor
 * **Caterpillar to pupa**; Paul Whalley
 * **Animal Life Cycles: Growing and Changing (Nature's Changes)** by: Bobbie Kalman
 * **The Life Cycles of Butterflies: From Egg to Maturity, a Visual Guide to 23 Common Garden Butterflies**; by: Wayne Richards
 * **A Sunflower's Life Cycle (Let's Look at Life Cycles)** by: Ruth Thomson
 * **The Life Cycle of an Apple Tree** by: Linda Tagliaferro
 * **Plant Life (Earth Cycles)** by: Cheryl Jakab
 * **Animal Life Cycles: Growing and Changing** By: Bobbie Kalman
 * **Life on Earth** By: Teresa Audesirk

Journal Articles and Reference Materials
> //**Weekly Reader, Edition K (including Science Spin)**// May-June 2011 v53 p1(3) > //**WR News, Edition 3 (including Science Spin)**// May 4, 2007 v76 i25 p4(2) > Compton's by Britannica, v 6.0 01-27-2009 > Compton's by Britannica, v 6.0 01-27-2009 > World Book Science Year 08-01-2009
 * **"[|A butterfly's life cycle.]"** SCIENCE
 * **"**[|**A monarch grows up.**]**"** READ A DIAGRAM
 * **[|Life cycle]**;
 * **[|plants]**
 * **[|Amphibian Mystery]**;

Internet Links
This is a website from the Utah Education Network. It not only goes over animal life cycles, but it includes plant life cycles, as well. The site includes many activities and information links. I found it to be very useful for students and teachers. The website is actually a game the students can play. The students click on a picture and drag it to the correct box so that the pictures are in the order of the life cycle. Each picture has a sentence that explains the life cycle stage. It goes through the life cycle of a butterfly, frog, a flower, and a tree. The website has some useful information and some links to information worksheets for the students. You can print the worksheets with words or without, depending on what you want the students to use the sheets for in class. The website features a craft a teacher can do with his/her students about the life cycle of a frog. It's a fairly simple creation of the steps of the life cycle of a frog. This website includes lot of information about both animal and plant life cycles. It has different links for the life cycle you may be teaching about. It includes links to other great sites about the life cycle. I noticed that a couple of the links are no longer available, however, the other information was interesting, so I decided to include the link. The site is all about the life cycle of an elephant. It has some good facts and pictures to go with it. The website provides directions for the students to use their newfound information on the life cycle and create their own flip book. This would be a great culminating activity for all of the lessons about the life cycle that have been taught. The website is all about the life cycle of a butterfly. It has many pictures that will help with the student's understanding the different stages. The pictures are colorful and useful. The site includes information on the life cycle of other bugs too. = ﻿Media - videos, slide shows, etc = This is a great link to a slide show about animals. It is something you can share with your class because it is kid friendly. It would make a great introduction to the lesson. These are some great videos that our library currently has available. There is a lot of information about various animals and their life cycles. The videos are also available for purchase online. The quick video goes over the four stages of the life cycle of a butterfly. You can get this on the link, but it's also available through youtube. This is a cute song about the five things plants need to survive. It has a catchy tune and my third graders really liked it. It has some good pictures, as well. The online book is about a seed named Sid. It goes into the life cycle of a plant, but it also talks about spiders and caterpillars. The story is rhyming and my third graders enjoyed the fact that we could watch the story on the smartboard.
 * [|Utah Education Network]
 * [|Teams Educational Resources]
 * [|Kidzone]
 * [|DLTK's Growing Together]
 * [|Learning About Life Cycles]
 * [|Elephant Life Cycle]
 * [|Life Cycle Flip Book]
 * [|Butterfly and Bugs Life Cycle]
 * [|Animal Life Cycle Slide Show]
 * ** Animal Life for Children series,** some titles include: All About Animal Life Cycles, All About Amphibians, All About Birds, All About Bugs, All About Dinosaurs, and All About Mammals - 2006
 * [|Life Cycle of a Butterfly video]
 * [|The Plant Song]
 * [|Sid the Seed]