SCIENCE Life Cycles - 3 Word Searches - Levelled, Instructions and Answer Keys

This set of three wordsearches aim to teach students the key vocabulary of lifecycles within the 8 most common taxonomic groups: Insects, mammals, fish, arachnids, reptiles, birds, amphibian and crustacean.

Each group has its’ own set of vocabulary, listed in order of lifecycle, from egg through to mature animal. The three wordsearches get progressively more complex, supporting students to not only learn the vocabulary associated with each group, but also the cycle of each animal group with growing independence.

• Wordsearch 1: Find the 40 words and tick off each word from the 8 lists provided (one for each taxonomic group)
• Wordsearch 2: Same wordsearch as (1) but this time, the vocabulary to find has been removed, with only the first letter and lines given to represent the number of letters needed. This embeds the learning from the first wordsearch.
• Wordsearch 3: Completely new wordsearch, with the same 40 words to find, without the given words – just initial letter and lines to identify how many letters the word contains.

Instructions:

• Decide on the level you wish to start your students on (see above for the complexity of each of the word search levels).
• Level 1: Students to find 40 words hidden in the wordsearch. Each of the words are listed within each of the 8 taxonomic groups – therefore, the students will have to find 8 eggs – one for each of the taxonomic groups included. When they have found all of the words – they have completed the wordsearch. An answer key is included for ease of assessment.
• Level 2: As with level 1, the students will use the same wordsearch to embed the vocabulary of life cycles within the 8 categories. However, this time, the activity is more complex as the words which the students need to find have been removed. Instead, they only have access to the initial letter and a number of lines, signifying the number of letters within the word. This encourages the students to learn and sequence the vocabulary linked to each of the 8 lifecycles for the different taxonomic groups.
• Level 3: As with level 2 – but with a different wordsearch: The students must identify the 40 key words for each of the life cycles and then find them within the wordsearch. At this point, the students will have learnt the stages and the vocabulary associated with life cycles in insects, mammals, fish, arachnids, reptiles, birds, amphibian and crustacean.

This product contains three wordsearches and two answer keys.

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