JHS3 Science · Term 1, Week 6

Life Cycle of Organisms

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Curriculum details

Strand
Cycles (Strand 2)
Sub-strand
Life Cycle of Organisms (2.2)
Content standard
B9.2.2.1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the life cycle of grasshopper and assess how their activities affect humans
Indicator
B9.2.2.1.1 - Describe the life cycle of the grasshopper as a form of incomplete metamorphosis
Suggested placement
Term 1, Week 6 (Week 6 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference
Science, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 94

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Draw the stages of the life cycle of a grasshopper from egg through nymph to adult.
2. Identify the behaviour of each stage of the life cycle of a grasshopper.
3. Explain why the life cycle of the grasshopper is described as incomplete metamorphosis as compared to complete metamorphosis in the housefly and mosquito in B7.2.2.1.1 and B8.2.2.1.1 respectively.