SCIENCE: Life Cycles Matching Game, Sequencing the stages of 8 different animals groups

This product encourages students to match word cards to the sequence stages within the life cycles of 8 different animal groups:

• Insects
• Arachnids
• Crustaceans
• Mammals
• Birds
• Fish
• Amphibians
• Reptiles

Preparation is easy - once downloaded, the resource should be printed off and then laminate all 16 pages. This will ensure that the resource lasts for a longer period of time and can be used by many students - with the ability of also being wiped clean. Once laminated, cut out the word cards and answer keys for each of the 8 animal cards. You may want to keep the answer keys separate from the game cards!

The aim of the product is to match the words to the lifecycle stages of the animals included within the pack. There are many ways that this resource can be used to do that. These are some of the ways in which we have developed the game within our classrooms:

1. Place all word cards face down and the 8 game cards facing up. Taking in turns, students reveal a word card and work out where the card can be placed. A point is awarded for each correctly placed word laid onto the game cards.
2. Place all word cards up – speed challenge – how quickly can each student correctly name all 8 life cycles?
3. Science Center – as above with one student working on the activity.
4. Home learning – send home with a student who teaches the game to someone at home.
5. Looking for similarities and differences – once completed – how many similarities can the students find between the 8 animal groups?

There are lots of opportunities for learning with these matching cards – students even invent their own! We hope that they enjoy using and learning from them as much as our students did.

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