A Museum of Science Traveling Program

Life Cycles

Description

Life Cycles is a 50-minute

presentation about how living

things grow and change. It is

designed to build on NGSS-

based curricula.

NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards

Needs

We bring all materials and

equipment, including a

camera, video projector, and

screen. Access to 110-volt

electricity is required.

Space Requirements

The program can be set up in any room with at least 25´ by

25´ of cleared floor area. All sessions must be taught in the

same room.

Goals: Live Organisms

During the program, students

are introduced to two live

animals and a live plant, each

with a different life cycle.

Goals: Observation

The small group size allows

for a great view, even of small

animals.

Goals: Life Cycles

The various life cycles are

compared and contrasted,

with discussions on egg

development, live birth, and

metamorphosis.

Goals: Life Stages

We illustrate how different life

stages help animals fill

survival needs with video

resources, props, and

transforming costumes!

Goals: Kinesthetics

Students will also get the

chance to act out the life cycle

of an organism different from

themselves!

Goals: Biofacts and Activities

The last part of the program

consists of hands-on

experiences. The students get

to handle seeds, eggs, and

other biological samples.

Goals: Biofacts and Activities

There are also games and

puzzles that allow them to

apply what they have learned

about Life Cycles.

Program Details

• Can only be booked for

school groups during the

school year.

• Only available for

kindergarten or 1st-grade

students studying the

program content.

Program Details

• Capacity is two classes (50

students) per session.

• Up to three consecutive

sessions can be taught per

day.

Program Restrictions

• Maximum time offsite is 6

hours

• Maximum range is 100 miles

from MoS

• Not possible to split schedules

around lunch

• Not offered from mid-

December through mid-March

• Teaching spaces must have

temperatures between 70 and

85 degrees Fahrenheit

NGSS Connections• K-LS1-1. Observe and communicate that animals (including humans)

and plants need food, water, and air to survive. Animals get food from

plants or other animals. Plants make their own food and need light to

live and grow.

• K-LS1-2. Recognize that all plants and animals grow and change over

time.

NGSS Connections• 1-LS1-1. Use evidence to explain that (a) different animals use their

body parts and senses in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects,

protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and

take in food, water, and air, and (b) plants have roots, stems, leaves,

flowers, and fruits that are used to take in water, air, and other

nutrients, and produce food for the plant.

• 1-LS1-2. Obtain information to compare ways in which the behavior of

different animal parents and their offspring help the offspring to

survive.

• 1-LS3-1. Use information from observations (first-hand and from

media) to identify similarities and differences among individual plants

or animals of the same kind.

NGSS Scientific and

Engineering Practices • Asking questions and defining problems.

• Developing and using models.

• Constructing explanations and designing solutions.

• Engaging in argument from evidence.

• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information.

2019 – 2020 Prices

Sessions per Day Price

1 Session $450

2 Sessions $550

3 Sessions $650

No mileage fees charged in New England in 2019-20 School Year.

For information/reservations:

mos.org/travelingprograms

travelingprograms@mos.org

617-589-0354

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Life Cycles