The Life Cycle of a Butterfly (Parts of a Plant & More!)
From Scratch Garden
9 min2nd3rd4thScience
Summary
“The Life Cycle of a Butterfly (Parts of a Plant & More!)” is a Scratch Garden song-and-animation that teaches a life cycle — the stages a living thing goes through as it grows. A short, catchy video — easy to drop into a science lesson, a warm-up, or a transition.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Every living thing goes through a life cycle — being born, growing, and eventually producing young of its own.
- What are the main stages in this life cycle?
- What changes happen between one stage and the next?
- How is this life cycle similar to or different from a human's?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: life cycle, stage, grow, hatch, offspring.
Try it: Draw the life cycle in a circle with arrows. Label each stage in order.