Compare Life Cycles With Our “Metamorphic or Not? Worksheets

Are you getting ready to start your study of Animal Life Cycles? If so, you’re in the perfect place to find brand new, engaging, and easy-to-use life cycle resources, starting with our “Metamorphic or Not?” Worksheets. These worksheets aim to help your learners understand the differences between metamorphic and non-metamorphic life cycles and how they compare. Designed to encourage critical thinking, these activities invite students to draw, write, explain, and justify their thinking.

With activities that include analyzing animal examples and comparing humans with metamorphic creatures, our “Metamorphic or Not? Worksheets give students a variety of ways to explore how living things grow and change.

A Variety of Worksheets for Comparing Types of Life Cycles

This pack includes seven engaging worksheets designed for a range of ability levels and classroom uses:

• Prove It! Reasoning Worksheet – Students are given a word bank of 10 animals (a mix of metamorphic and non-metamorphic). They choose four animals, write their names, draw each one, and justify whether the animal undergoes metamorphosis. 
• Life Cycle Quick-Check Worksheet – Students evaluate statements such as “A butterfly has a non-metamorphic life cycle.” They determine whether each statement is true or false—and if false, they must explain why. 
• Metamorphic & Non-Metamorphic Mazes (2 Worksheets) – Students follow a path of only metamorphic animals on one maze and only non-metamorphic animals on the other.
• Human Comparison Table – Students complete a comparison table examining the life stages, appearance, and physical changes of a human and a metamorphic animal of their choice.
• Human vs. Frog Comparison Table – Students complete a comparison table examining the life cycles of a human vs those of a frog.
• Draw and Compare Life Cycles Worksheet – Students draw one metamorphic animal in one box and one non-metamorphic animal in the other, then list two key differences between their life cycles.

Download These Life Cycle Comparison Worksheets

Ready to download your new Life Cycle Comparison Worksheets? It’s easy with this resource! To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and select the printable PDF or editable Google Slides resource file. From there, you’re ready to print and go!

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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