Saturday, October 12, 2019

Life Cycle Sorting Cards NGSS 3-LS1-1 and Utah SEEd 3.2.1

Third Grade Life Cycle Sorting Cards

Want a fun way to have students practice and compare life cycles of different organisms?  Students can sort the cards and make models of the life cycle of a bunch of different organisms. Just print on cardstock and cut. 

Life Cycle Sorting Cards

Students will love life cycle escape rooms

Lots of ways to use these cards.  Great for centers and fast finishers.




life cycle of a woodpecker

Some are simple with one right answer.

third grade sorting cards


honey bee sorting cards

Others are more complicated and require choices.  Great for differentiating centers.

life cycle of a honey bee

frog life cycle



life cycle of a plant



shark life cycle

Life cycle of a pumpkin
 Great for NGSS standards for third grade: NGSS 3-LS1-1 Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Also aligned with the science standards for Utah third grade.
Utah SEEd 3.2.1 Develop models to describe patterns of change that organisms go through during their life cycles. Emphasize that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles, but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.


life cycle third grade

life cycle third grade



life cycle third grade

There are 13 sets, each with a different organism.

There are 15 task cards.

task cards third grade science

task cards third grade science

third grade science

third grade science

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