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Suggested Pre- Trip Activities Suggested Post-Field Trip Activities for Cycles at Wood Lake Center for Animal Life Cycles at Wood Lake Nature Center Vocabulary  Life Cycle *Review vocabulary.  Decompose  Reproduce *Have students find something dead and decomposing outside their school (i.e. and twig). Have students draw *Review vocabulary. a picture of what it may look like a month from now, next season, and next year. *Hold up a variety of animal and pictures. Talk about how both and will change throughout its life *Give each student a picture of an animal or plant and have from beginning to end. If you have animal pictures with all them draw its life cycle (i.e. , , , , tree). stages, have students work in groups to put them in the right (i.e. , tadpole, , decompose). *Have students write or tell a story about their favorite animal’s life cycle. *Plant bean or sunflower seeds in a clear container and watch the plant change through the different life stages. *Acquire tadpoles or larvae. Have students journal by writing and/or drawing the many changes they observe. *Discuss with students how they change throughout their own life cycle (use pictures to illustrate changes). *Discuss with students the importance of and/or decomposition to other ’ life cycles (i.e. for *Discuss the importance of keeping life cycles going another animal, return of to the soil for new plants especially with endangered species. to grow).

*Ask students what would happen if animals such as Polar , Siberian , and rare orchids didn’t have babies (or produce seeds).