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Several simple puzzles with illustrative natural cycles for students to explore sequences, cycles, and the interconnectedness of the natural world.
Grade Level: K - 8
Time: 5 - 20 minutes (per puzzle)
Learning Standards: *See individual puzzle for learning standards
This puzzle demonstrates how water changes form, between solid, liquid, and gas. Click here to begin.
Grade Level: 2 - 8
Time: 10 - 15 minutes
Learning Standards: PS1.A, PS1.B, MP.2, SL1, SL3, SL4, RF4
Explore Earth's hydrologic cycle - a global recycling system for our planet's water to be reused over & over again! Click here to begin.
Grade Level: 2 - 8
Time: 5 - 15 minutes
Learning Standards: ESS2.C, ESS3.A, MP.4, SL1, SL3, SL4, RF4
Understanding life cycles in butterflies helps with the understanding of metamorphosis. This cycle features the Monarch butterfly. Click here to begin.
Grade Level: K - 8
Time: 5 - 15 minutes
Learning Standards: LS1.B, MP.7, SL1, SL3, SL4, RF4
Explore the life cycle of a frog through 5 stages: egg, tadpole, tadpole with legs, froglet, and adult frog! Click here to begin.
Grade Level: 1 - 8
Time: 5 - 15 minutes
Learning Standards: LS1.B, MP.4, SL1, SL3, SL4, RF4
Explore the cycle of seed, plant, flower, fruit in working with this apple tree puzzle. Click here to begin.
Grade Level: 1 - 8
Time: 5 - 15 minutes
Learning Standards: LS21.B, MP.2, SL1, SL3, SL4, RF4
This simple puzzle depicts children experiencing the four seasons. Click here to learn more.
Grade Level: K - 8
Time: 5 - 15 minutes
Learning Standards: ESS1.B, MP.7, MP.2, SL1, SL3, SL4, RF4
This puzzle demonstrates how organic matter (like our food scraps that become compost) decompose into soil, which then helps to grow more nutritious plants to eat! Click here to begin.
Grade Level: 2 - 8
Time: 5 - 15 minutes
Learning Standards: ESS3.C, LS2.A, ETS1.B, MP.7, MP.2, SL1, SL3, SL4, RF4
This puzzle demonstrates the rock cycle, including rock types and the forces of change earth materials go through. Click here to begin.
Grade Level: 1 - 8
Time: 5 - 15 minutes
Learning Standards: ESS2.A, MP.4, SL1, SL3, SL4, RF4
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