Life Cycles

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Recall that organisms are alive during all stages of a life cycle.
• Describe the life cycles of different plants and animals (e.g. a flowering plant, a human and a butterfly).
• Apply the idea that growth by cell division is an important part of the life cycle of multicellular plants and animals.
• Describe the role and importance of development in the life cycles of plants and animals (e.g. flowering plants producing flowers, butterflies undergoing metamorphosis and humans going through puberty).
• Explain the role of gametes (sex cells) in the life cycles of plants and animals.

The resources include details of common misconceptions and a summary of the research upon which the resources are based.

Download the zip file for all the questions and activities.

More resources like this can be found on the BEST webpage:  Best Evidence in Science Teaching