Life Cycles: Life Cycle of Flowering Plants

Upon viewing the Life Cycles video series, students will be able to do the following:

Understand that living things go through changes in the course of their lives referred to as a life cycle.
State that most living things follow a pattern of birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Create a diagram illustrating the major life stages of a flowering plant. Life stages include seed germination; growth of roots, stems, and leaves; flower development and reproduction; and seed development.
Define pollination as the transfer of pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part of a flower.
Understand that some animals, including insects and mammals, go through the process of changing forms, referred to as metamorphosis.
Identify the basic differences between complete metamorphosis and incomplete metamorphosis.
Create a labeled diagram of the various stages of complete metamorphosis for a butterfly. A butterfly goes through four primary stages - as an egg, a larva (caterpillar), a pupa (cocoon), and an adult.
Describe the life cycle changes of a frog from eggs, to tadpole, and adult.
Highlight the major differences between the life cycles of mammals and those of other animals. Major differences include: mammal young are nourished by milk from the mother, born live, and generally take longer to mature into adults.