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Subtopic: Birth, Growth, and Development

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Animal Babies This interactive slide show illustrates the variety of animal babies that exist on earth -- some completely independent and others deeply reliant on parental care.	K-5	Flash Image
Becoming a Mosquito Join students as they observe mosquitoes in different stages of development and learn about the insect's life cycle in this video from Curious George.	K-2	QuickTime Video
Birth, Growth, and Development By examining the developmental stages of animals, students learn about the life cycles of living things.	K-2	Lesson Plan
Common Past, Different Paths This time-lapse microphotography of developing embryos shows the common ancestry of all vertebrates. Footage from NOVA: "Odyssey of Life."	K-8	QuickTime Video
Dolphin Reproductive Behavior This video segment from the Science and Technology Chat series focuses on dolphin pregnancy, birth, and care of the young, and features Atlantic bottlenose dolphins living in captivity at the Mirage Resort Dolphin Habitat.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Embryo to Duckling This video segment from NOVA: "The Shape of Things" follows the growth of a duck embryo, from a single fertilized egg cell to a complex, hatching duckling.	K-5	QuickTime Video
Exploring Plants In this media-rich lesson, students observe plant growth by watching a time-lapse video and by growing their own seeds. They identify the conditions seeds need to germinate and consider the role that fruits play in seed dispersal.	K-2	Lesson Plan
From Seed to Flower Watching plants grow is like watching paint dry: It happens so slowly that the changes are imperceptible from one moment to the next -- and yet the end results are dramatic. This video segment shows just how amazing plant development can be by depicting various phases of the process using time-lapse photography. Footage from NOVA: "The Shape of Things."	K-5	QuickTime Video
Growing Up, Growing Old This collection of six images captures the magnificence of human development -- the transformation from baby to woman.	K-5	JPEG Image
Hatchlings and Newborns It's a universal event that no one can remember: being born. This video segment shows that there are different ways to come into the world and suggests that some newborns and hatchlings are ready for independence far sooner than others.	K-5	QuickTime Video
Life Cycles of Frogs, Dragonflies, and Butterflies Students explore similarities and differences in the life cycle of organisms and are introduced to the process of metamorphosis.	K-2	Lesson Plan
Life Stages Cards All animals develop and grow over time. The animals in this document undergo one of the most dramatic developmental processes known: metamorphosis. See if you can place the developmental stages in their proper order.	K-5	PDF Document
Metamorphosis: Change of Plans All animals develop and grow over time. The animals in this video segment, however, undergo very dramatic changes on their way to adulthood -- a developmental process known as metamorphosis.	K-5	QuickTime Video
Paper Towel Plants In this video from Curious George, learn about how beans, a type of seed, can sprout into plants.	K-2	QuickTime Video
Plant Life Cycles Students explore the cycles of plant life and compare them with those of animals.	K-5	Lesson Plan