Lady bug life cyclen

Learning Objective

Today I will investigate
lady beetles so that I
can identify the stages in their life cycle.

Engage

How do we know when a lady
beetle is growing? What
changes in lady beetles have
you observed?

Labeling

Explore

Complete the life cycle of a ladybug

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

eggs

adult

pupa

larva

Explain

●The life cycle of a lady beetle
consists of 4 stages: egg, larva,
pupa, and adult lady beetle.

●We can observe in the diagram
below that the lady beetle looks
different throughout its stages of
development to adulthood.

●Lady beetles go through
metamorphosis, the process
through which some animals
physically change and develop into
a different body structure through
its stages of development.

Elaborate

I can write about the life cycle of lady beetles.

First, ______________________________________.

Next,______________________________________.

Then, ______________________________________.

After that, ___________________________________.

In the end, ___________________________________.

These are the stages in the cycle of life of a lady beetle.

DOL

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