Life Cycle
Competency B3. Demonstrate safe animal handling and management techniques to meet producer, animal, consumer, and environmental needs.
Description
The life cycle is defined as the developmental stages that occur during an organism’s lifetime. Animals have three basic stages during a fertilized egg , immature, juvenile, and adult. Gestation, Birthing, Growth, Harvest.
Resources
- Mitosis vs. Meiosis: Side by Side Comparison Video
- The Four Stages of the Life Cycle of an Animal
- About the Life Cycle of Beef Cattle - Virtual Farm Tour
- Beef Production Story (Beef.org)
- Amoeba Sisters Mitosis Video
- Chicken Lifecycle (Study.com)
Teaching Methods
Brainstorming, Lecture Discussion, Paired or Small Group Discussion, Demonstration, Case Study, Field Trip, Resource People, Experiment, Game and Simulations