Life cycles of various living organisms | Biology – Life Lessons

Suitable for teaching 7-11s. This clip explores the life cycles of a range of organisms including a mammal, an amphibian, an insect, a flowering plant, a bird and a human. Subscribe for more Biology clips from BBC Teach on Mondays when we have them in: http://bit.ly/BBCSubscribeTeach If you found this video helpful, give it a like. Share it with someone. Add the video to your own teaching playlists. Create an account, subscribe to the channel and create playlists for different age groups, sets and syllabuses. ===================== This clip explores the life cycles of various organisms using amazing wildlife footage and simple summary graphics. First, we visit the arctic fox in its natural habitat and see fox cubs learning to catch prey. Then we look at plants and the Alsomitra vine. From here we move onto two examples of metamorphosis - a butterfly and a frog - and finally we see the life cycles of a bird and a human. This clip is from the BBC series Life Lessons. This series looks at seven important lessons from the natural world for Key Stage 2 and Second Level (Scotland) students. For our Evolutionwatch playlist: http://bit.ly/TeachEvoW For our Biology playlist: http://bit.ly/BBCTeachBiology For our Primary Science playlist:http://bit.ly/Teachprimaryscience For Class Clips users, the original reference for the clip was p03nkbpp. ===================== Teaching Primary Science or Biology? Start a lesson with this clip as an introduction to the wide variety of life cycles on our planet. Pupils could list the different organisms shown leading into a discussion about differences between life cycles and how they are not all the same. The clip could be paused during the graphics to allow the teacher to discuss the life cycle further and get any suggestions from the pupils about which other organisms may have the same lifecycle as the one just shown. The human life cycle is last, and we see clips of the different stages in the life cycle of a human. The teacher could then ask the students what they think the life cycle of a human is. This clip will be relevant for teaching Key Stage 2 or Second Level (Scotland) primary science. ===================== For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bbcteach More from BBC Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone More resources from BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education ===================== Subscribe to create your own customised playlists, and get notified about our latest clips. As we have them, new videos will be uploaded on the following days: Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religious Studies Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education Wednesdays: Languages, Media Studies, Modern Studies and PSHE, Physics Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature, Early Years