Insect Life Cycle - PowerPoint Lesson Plan

Assignment: Students research information about an insect and create a life cycle presentation. Students search online for images and information to create their presentation. Students use images, text boxes, and arrows to create and illustrate the insect's life cycle. Students may use PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides or any suitable slide show app for their presentation.

Download: insect-lifecycle-presentation-student-instructions.pdf

Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7 Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2.A

Download: rubric-for-slide-presentations.pdf

Download: insect-research-ideas-sheet.pdf

Slide 1 - Finished Example

Students create a title slide, life cycle slide, and an interesting facts slide.

Slide 2 - Finished Example

Slide 3 - Finished Example

Insect Research Ideas Sheet

Make this idea sheet available for students to help them with research ideas.

Student Instructions

Students use these instructions to guide their slide presentation creations.