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This 13-word life-cycles word search introduces early elementary students to the stages of butterfly and plant development. Hidden words include caterpillar, chrysalis, metamorphosis, and germination, covering both insect and plant life stages. The smiley-face shape makes it engaging for a science warm-up, a spring unit activity, or a template for other life-cycle puzzles.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Biology
Grade Level:
1st – 3rd Grades
Updated May 2018

Word List

  • BUTTERFLY
  • PUPA
  • GERMINATION
  • SEED
  • SEEDLING
  • FLOWER
  • FRUIT
  • LARVA
  • EGG
  • CATERPILLARS
  • ADULT
  • CHRYSALIS
  • TRANSFORMATION

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