Explore Life Cycles!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments
By Kathleen M. Reilly and Bryan Stone
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Explore Life Cycles! takes kids on an amazing journey, where they'll learn about the changes plants and animals experience throughout their lives. Kids ages 6–9 will discover what happens inside those magical cocoons to transform a caterpillar into a butterfly. They'll explore how frogs breathe underwater as tadpoles, then use lungs as an adult. Explore Life Cycles! will examine how plants and animals are born, develop, and live their lives.
Activities range from creating edible life cycles of insects to making a mealworm nursery. Using an eye-catching combination of cartoons, fun facts, and exciting projects, Explore Life Cycles! will bring the mysteries of life right into kids' hands.
Kathleen M. Reilly
It all started with a four-inch book written in green crayon on peach paper, called "The Rabbet and Dog and Cat." Yes, I realize that's not how rabbit is spelled. I know that now. But when I was five, I wasn't worried about the spelling. I was too busy creating my masterpiece ("illustrated by the author"). Today, my features appear in publications such as: Parents, Better Homes & Gardens, Family Circle, American Baby, FamilyFun, Woman's Day, Ladies' Home Journal, and others. I write more than just features, though. My fiction includes a middle grade adventure (SUMMER AT FORT TARMETTO: SEARCH FOR REGINALD PEPPERS' LEG), a chick lit series (HALFSIE), and a forthcoming young adult novel (SHE). I've also written a Disney activity book for kids (WALT DISNEY WORLD EXTREME VACATION GUIDE FOR KIDS), available here on Smashwords and other retailers. And I've written nine science books for kids in print with Nomad Press. They're available on Nomad's site (www.nomadpress.net) and at book sellers. Drop me a line -- I'd love to connect with you!
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Explore Life Cycles! - Kathleen M. Reilly
Nomad Press is committed to preserving ancient forests and natural resources. We elected to print Explore Life Cycles! on 96% post consumer recycled paper, processed chlorine free. As a result, for this printing, we have saved:
8 Trees, (equal to 0.4 American football fields)
11,014 Gallons of water, (equal to a shower of 2.3 days)
2,563 Pounds of air emissions, (equal to emissions of 0.2 cars per year)
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter One
An Endless Cycle
Chapter Two
Does It Have a Face?
Chapter Three
Here Comes Baby!
Chapter Four
Grow Baby, Grow!
Chapter Five
The Cycle Continues
Chapter Six
Threats to Life Cycles
Glossary
Resources
Index
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Introduction
Have you ever planted a garden with your parents? You cover the seeds with soil and water them. A few days later a little green shoot pokes out of the ground. Within weeks, the little green shoot transforms into a flower, vegetable, or fruit.
Or maybe you once owned a kitten or puppy. It’s amazing how fast they grow from a tiny little fur ball into a young animal with tons of energy. Before you know it your kitten or puppy is a full-sized cat or dog. You might have also had the sad experience of losing a beloved pet who grew old and died.
These are all stages of life. Every living thing goes through them. Together, these stages are called the life cycle.
Stage: a single step in a process.
life Cycle: the full life of a living thing, from birth to death.
habitat: the natural area where a plant or an animal lives.
Different creatures go through different changes during their life cycle. For example, a toad begins life as a swimming tadpole before growing into an adult. A butterfly starts out as a caterpillar before transforming itself. A huge oak tree begins life as a tiny acorn that slowly grows over many years. And you start out as a tiny infant!
All living things may grow differently, but they all follow the same basic stages of the life cycle.
In this book, you’ll explore all these stages. You’ll see how plants and animals go through each stage. You’ll also find out what happens when something disrupts a life cycle—like acid rain or the destruction of habitat
But most of all, you’ll have fun as you tackle projects and activities that explore these ideas. So turn the page and let’s get started with the cycle of life!
An Endless Cycle
Can you remember what it was like when you were younger? You were smaller, sure. And you probably couldn’t do many things that you can do now. Maybe you couldn’t ride a two-wheeler yet, or write a thank-you card, or climb the monkey bars at the playground.
Now imagine what you’ll be like 20 years from now. You’ll be an adult. Maybe you’ll even have kids of your own!
Everyone goes through a lot of different stages in their lifetime. All organisms grow, change shape, create new life, and die. Then the life cycle begins all over again.
organism: a living thing, such as a plant or animal.
species: a group of plants or animals that are related and look the same.
HEY! WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?
All organisms begin life in a certain