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Quarter 2 - Module 5:
Stages in the
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Quarter 2 - Module 5: Stages in the Life Cycle of Organisms
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Science
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Stages in the
Life Cycle of Organisms

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What This Module is About

This module tells about the stages in the life cycle of organisms that
happened during an organism’s lifetime. In general, the development of
animals and humans undergo a life cycle.

Animals develop and grow in different ways. In each stage of growth

are several changes before they become more like their parents or adults.

As you go along with this lesson, you will discover and compare the
stages in the life cycle of select organisms.

Notes to the Teacher

Dear Teacher,
This is a self-paced module with
various activities to be done at home by
the learners. Clear and careful instructions
must be given to the learners to ensure
safety and avoid misconceptions in
performing the activities.

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 What I Need to Know

Living thing undergo certain stages of development shown in a life

cycle. A life cycle consists of a series of different stages that living things
undergo from the beginning of its life until its end.

This module will allow you to learn such series of growth and
development that different organisms undergo.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this module, you should be able to;

1. identify some animals that undergo complete metamorphosis,

2. recognize some animals that undergo incomplete metamorphosis,
3. determine the life cycles of selected egg-laying animals, and
4. trace the stages of Human Life Cycle

Time Duration: 4 Days

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:

• Take your time in reading carefully the lessons.

• Follow diligently the directions and/or instructions in the activities and

exercises.

• Answer all the given tests and exercises

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Icons of this Module
What I Need This part contains learning objectives
to Know that are set for you to learn as you go
along the module.

What I Know This is an assessment as to your

level of knowledge to the subject
matter at hand, meant specifically to
gauge prior related knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson
with that of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson

through various activities, before it
will be presented to you

What is It These are discussions of the

activities as a way to deepen your
discovery and understanding of the
concept.
What’s More These are follow-up activities that are
intended for you to practice further in
order to master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what

Learned you have learned from the lesson

What I Can These are tasks designed to

Do showcase your skills and knowledge
gained, and applied into real-life
concerns and situations.
Post This assessment evaluates your level
Assessment of mastery in achieving the learning
objectives

More Activities designed to increase the

Activities strength of your skills and knowledge
gained and tends to induce
repetitions of actions / learning

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 Week 5 Day 1

What I Know

A. Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose and write the correct
answer in your Answer Sheet / Activity notebook.

1. Which of the following animals undergo complete metamorphosis?

A. butterfly B. cockroach C. grasshopper D. bird
2. Which of the following animals undergo incomplete metamorphosis in
their life cycle?
A. cats and dogs B. flies and mosquitos
C. butterflies and dragonflies D. cockroaches and grasshoppers
3. Which of the following is an egg-laying animal?
A. frog B. monkey C. dog D. elephant
4. Cockroaches undergo different stages in their life cycle except one.
What is it?
A. egg B. nymph C. pupa D. adult
5. Which is the correct order in the stages of Human Life Cycle?
A. birth infancy childhood adolescence adulthood
B. adolescence childhood adulthood infancy birth
C. childhood adolescence infancy birth adulthood
D. adulthood adolescence childhood birth infancy
B. Directions: Write T if the statement is true, Write F if the
statement if false. Write your answers in your Answer Sheet/
Activity notebook.
1. There are four stages in the life cycle of animals in a complete
metamorphosis.
2. Egg is the first stage of growth of animals in complete
metamorphosis.
3. Pupa is the third stage of growth of animals in complete
metamorphosis.
4. Adult is the last stage of growth in complete metamorphosis.
5. Monkeys are egg- laying animals.
6. Adulthood is the stage where a child cannot eat alone and
needs the help of his parents.
7. Walking and talking are the skills displayed by a child between
the ages 2 and 10.
8. Adolescence is the last stage of human development.
9. Birth is the start of human life cycle.
10. There are five stages in the human life cycle

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 Lesson Life Stages of Organisms in
1 Complete
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Metamorphosis

Organisms die, yet a new one replaces. Thus, the survival of a

species is certain. In its life cycle, an organism undergoes physical
changes that allows it to reach a certain stage of development such as
adulthood, which have the ability to reproduce new organisms. These
changes are natural phenomena within different species which can be
categorized into stages of development.
This module will help you learn about some animals that undergo
complete metamorphosis in its stages of development.

What’s In

Quick Check!

Directions: Name the organisms below. Write your answers in your

Answer Sheet.

__1. __2 __3

What’s New

Examine me!
Directions: Examine the illustration below. Answer the questions in
your Answer Sheet.
Adult Butterfly
Egg

Chrysalis Caterpillar
(pupa) (Larva)

Figure 1. Life Cycle of a Butterfly

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Guide Questions:

1. What are the stages in the life cycle of a butterfly?

2. How would you describe an adult butterfly?

What is It

Learning Circuit
 Metamorphosis- is a biological process by which an animal
physically develops after birth or hatching. It refers to the way
insects develop, grow, and change form, (usually but not always)
accompanied by change of habitat or behavior.

 Most insects, like the lady bug, housefly, mosquito, and butterfly, go
through four stages of complete metamorphosis such as;

 Egg- female insects usually lay eggs.

 Larvae- hatched from an egg. Larvae grow quickly enough to

have a molt or shed their exoskeletons a few times before the
pupa stage. Sometimes, the stage of growth in larvae are called
“instars”. An example of a larvae is those of butterflies which are
called caterpillars.

 Pupa- is formed when a larva makes a cocoon around them and

become busy of changing into its adult form. They do not eat
during hiding time which takes a few days or months, in some
cases.

 Adult- after a period of time, larvae is nothing like it was and exist
the cocoon or larval body as an adult. This life cycle starts all over
again.

Figure 2. Animals that Undergo Complete Metamorphosis

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 Questions:

1. What are the stages in the life cycle of animals with

complete metamorphosis?
2. When do we say that a certain life cycle is a complete
metamorphosis?

What’s more

Fact or Bluff!

Directions: Write FACT if the statement is true and write BLUFF if the
statement is false. Do this in your Answer Sheet/
Activity notebook.

_______1. A butterfly’s wings develop during the larvae stage.

_______2. Mosquitos undergo incomplete metamorphosis.
_______3. Another word for larvae is “instars”.
_______4. Butterfly, fly, and lady bug undergo complete
metamorphosis.
_______5. A female insect lays egg.

What ha

What I have learned

Alphabet Code!

Directions: Use the alphabet code to solve the hidden message about
butterflies. Write the message in your Answer Sheet/ Activity
notebook.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 13 1 15 16 1 18
1 4 7

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S T U V W X Y Z
1 20 2 22 2 24 2 26
9 1 3 5

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2 21 20 2 5 1 6 12 9 5 1 21 14 4 5 18 7 15
0 8 9

3 15 13 1 12 5 2 5
6 0

,
1 5 20 1 13 15 1 16 8 15 1 9 19 7 15 9 14 7
3 8 9

2 8 18 1 21 7 8 6 1 21 1 1 9 6 5
0 5 5 8 2

19 2 1 7 5 19
0

Message:

What I Can Do

Draw Me!

Directions: Draw the different stages in the life cycle of a butterfly.

Refer to the picture in the box on the right. Do this in your
Answer Sheet / Activity Notebook.

Adult Egg

Butterfly Life Cycle

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zLesson Life Stages of Organism with Complete
1 Metamorphosis

Answer Key

What I Know
A. 1. A 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. A
B. 1. T 4. T 7. T 10. T
2. T 5. F 8. F
3. T 6. F 9. T
What’s In
1. grasshopper 2. Butterfly 3. fly
What’s New
1. Egg, larvae, pupa, adult 2. Beautiful and colorful
What’s More
1. BLUFF 3. FACT 5.FACT
2 BLUFF 4. FACT
What I have Learned
Butterflies undergo complete metamorphosis, going through four life stages.
What I can Do

Pupa Larva

Butterfly Life Cycle

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Adult Egg
zLesson Life Stages of Organisms with
2 Incomplete Metamorphosis

Week 5 Day 2

Change is a part of growing. Some of the changes seems almost

magical. In this lesson, you will learn about another kind of
metamorphosis.

What’s In

Quick Check!

Directions: Answer the following questions. Write only the letter

of your choice in your Answer Sheet/Activity notebook.
1. Which of these is the correct order of the four stages of a
complete metamorphosis?
A. Egg pupa larva adult
B. Egg larva pupa adult
C. Adult egg larva pupa
D. Adult egg pupa larva

2. Which of the following organisms undergo a complete

metamorphosis?
A. butterfly C. frog
B. beetle D. alligator

3. Which of the following is not a stage in the life cycle of a mosquito?

A. Metamorphosis C. Larvae
B. Egg D. Nymph

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 What’s New

Examine Me!
Directions: Examine the illustration below. Read and answer the
questions in your Answer Sheet/Activity notebook.

Figure 1. Life Cycle of a Cockroach

Guide Questions:

1. What are the stages in the life cycle of a cockroach?

2. How would you describe an adult cockroach?

What is It

Learning Circuit!

Gradual metamorphosis

About 12% of insects undergo the three stages of gradual

metamorphosis. These includes the mayfly, cicada, grasshopper, aphid,
louse, and cockroach. The three stages are:
1. Egg- a female insect lays eggs. Sometimes the eggs are in groups and
protected by a covering or case.
2. Nymph- the eggs hatch into nymphs. Nymphs look like small adults, but
usually don’t have wings. They eat, grow, and change. Nymph molts
their exoskeletons as they grow. As this occurs, they gradually begin to
look more and more like an adult.

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3. Adult- once the nymph has grown to an adult size, they stop molting.
Generally, it is in the adult stage where insects develop its wings. An
adult’s primary interest is mating.
Animal Egg Nymph Adult

Louse

Grasshopper

Cockroach

Figure 2. Life Cycle of Insects with Incomplete or Gradual Metamorphosis

Guide Questions:
1. What are the stages in an incomplete metamorphosis?
2. What stage is present in complete metamorphosis but missing
in incomplete metamorphosis?

What’s More?

Name Game!
Directions: Label the life stages of a grasshopper. Write your
answers in your Answer Sheet/Activity notebook.

3.

2. 1.
1.________
__
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 What I have learned

Name Me!

Directions: Fill in the blanks to complete the statement. Select the word
from the box.

adult nymph
egg metamorphosis
wings

Incomplete metamorphosis is a type of________(1) in which an

insect hatches from an ____(2) and then goes through several ______(3)
stages. The _____(4) form is often only distinguishable from the nymph by
size and the presence of____(5).

What I Can Do

Name Me!

Directions: Label the life stages of a dragonfly. Write your

answers in your Answer Sheet/ Activity notebook.

3.

Answer Key 1.
2.

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 Answer Key

zLesson Life Stages of Organisms with

2 Incomplete Metamorphosis
What’s In
1. B 2. A 3. D
What’s New

1. Egg, nymph, adult 2. It has wings

What is It
1. Egg, nymph, adult
2. pupa
What’s More
1. Egg, nymph, adult
What I have Learned
1. metamorphosis 3. nymph 5. wings
2. egg 4. adult
What Can I do
1. egg 2. nymph 3. adult

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 zLesson Life Cycle of Egg-Laying Animals
3

Week 5 Day 3

Animals undergo different changes of development or growth.

In this lesson, you will learn about the life cycle of egg- laying animals.

What’s In

Quick Check!

Directions: Answer the questions given. Write only the letter of your
choice.

A. Adult B. Egg C. Nymph

Figure. Life Cycle of a Cockroach

___1. What is the first stage in the life cycle of a cockroach?

___2. What is the middle stage?
___3. What is the final stage?

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 What’s New

Tell Me!

Directions: Analyze the picture and answer the questions that follow.

Figure 2. Farm Animals

Questions:

1. What animals in the picture are familiar to you?

2. What do these animals have in common?

What is It

Learning Circuit!
The Chicken Egg
 The egg-yolk is kept in place by
the egg-white that is thick and sticky.
The egg-yolk’s white spot is the
developing chick. The egg-white
protects the developing chick from
danger, while the eggshell protects
the egg yolk and the egg-white.

 The development of the chick takes

place in a period of 21 days.
Figure 1. Life Cycle of a Chick

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Life Cycle of a Frog
 A mother frog lays a cluster of 13
eggs covered with a jelly- like
substance called eggs.

 The single cell within the egg

undergoes cell division, growing
into an embryo. The formation of
gills occur at this stage.

 During the life cycle, the embryo

transforms into a tadpole. The
tadpole has gills to breathe, a mouth
to eat, and a tail like a fish.
Figure 2. Life Cycle of a frog
 The tadpole’s hind legs grow after the
development of organs.

Guide Questions:

1. What life cycles are shown in the illustrations?

2. What are the stages in the life cycle of a chick and a frog?

What’s More?

Answer Me!

Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the

statement is wrong.
__________________1. Female frogs lay eggs in dry lands.
__________________2. Adult frogs have gills.
__________________3. Tadpoles have tails for swimming.
__________________4. The front legs appear first.
__________________5. The development of the chick takes place in
a period of 21 days.

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What ha What I have learned

What am I!

Directions: Write EL for the following animals below if they are egg-laying
and NEL if they are not. Write your answers in your
Answer Sheet/Activity notebook.

______1. duck
______2. monkey
______3. crocodile
______4. eagle
______5. snake
______6. chicken
______7. dog
______8. mouse
______9. crow
______10. lizard

What I Can Do

Answer:

To what workers in the community are egg-laying animals most

beneficial?

Answer Key

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 zLesson Life Cycle of Egg-Laying Animals
3

What’s In
1. Egg 2. Nymph 3. Adult
What’s New
1. Duck, chicken, bird, fish, crocodile
2. Egg laying animals
What is it
1. Chicken and frog
2. Chicken- egg, chick, chicken
3. Frog- Egg , tadpole , adult frog
What’s More
1. True 3. True 5. False
2. False 4. True
What I have Learned
1. EL 6. EL
2. NEL 7. NEL
3. EL 8. NEL
4. EL 9. EL
5. EL 10. EL
What can I do
Farmers, agriculturist, veterinarians, etc.

zLesson Stages of the Human Life Cycle

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 Week 5 Day 4

This module tells about the stages in the life cycle of humans that
happens in a lifetime. Humans go through certain stages of development in
as they grow.

As you go along with your activities, you will discover what these
stages that humans undergo in its life cycle.

What’s In

Brain Twisting!
Directions: Write EL if the animal lay eggs and NEL if it does not.
1. cat 6. frog
2. bird 7. horse
3. fish 8. goat
4. cow 9. mosquito
5. Turtle 10. chicken

What’s New

Who am I?
Directions: Look at the picture an answer the questions that follow.

Figure 1. Stages of Human Life

BIRTH INFANCY CHILDHOOD

Guide Questions: ADULTHOOD ADOLESCENCE

1. At what stage of the life cycle does your baby brother/ sister
belongs?

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 2. At what stage do your parents belong?
3. At what stage do you belong?

What is It

Learning Circuit!
The Stages in the Human Life Cycle
Birth The start of the human cycle begins after the baby
is delivered by the mother.
Infancy Categorized as lasting from birth through the first
tear of life. The infant is completely dependent
upon its parent for survival.
Childhood Takes place between ages 1-10. In the first 2
years, the child is called a toddler. During this time,
the child learns how to walk, talk, more self-
sufficient, and is susceptible to learn habits and
behaviors.
Adolescence Takes place between ages 12 and 18. A critical
turning point because it is when puberty takes
place. Some changes happen like boys’ voice and
girls undergo menstruation. They also begin to
separate more from the parents and become
independent.
Adulthood Begins from age 18 throughout old age. Adulthood
is when human beings are fully grown and must
provide entirely for themselves. This is also a
significant time to produce offspring.

What’s More

Connect Me!

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Directions: Connect Column A with Column B. Write the letters of
your answer in your Answer Sheet.

Column A Column B

1. It takes place between ages 12 and 18. A. Childhood

2. This is where puberty takes place. B. Toddler
3. The start of human life cycle begins C. Birth
after the baby is delivered by its mother.
4. This is from birth to the first year of life. D. Adolescence
5. It takes place between ages 1 and 10. E. Adulthood
6. It begins from age 18 throughout old F. Infancy
age.
7. It happens during the first 2 years.

What h
What I have Learned

Name Game!

Directions: Identify the stage of human development being

described. Choose from the list of words inside the box.
Write your answers in your Answer Sheet.

1. The
ADULTHOOD BIRTH stage
INFANCY CHILDHOOD ADOLESCENCE where
boys
and girls gain more independence from
their parents.
2. At this stage, girls begin to menstruate and are now capable of
giving birth.
3. The stage where child learns to walk, talk, and begin to be more
self-sufficient.
4. The stage where a child is completely dependent on the care of his
parents.
5. The stage wherein boys begin to experience changes in their voices.

Answer Key

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 Lesson Stages of Human Life
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What’s In
N 3. E 5. E 7. N 9. E
E 4. N 6. E 8. N 10. E
What’s New
Infancy 2. Adulthood 3. childhood
What’ s More
D 3. C 5. A 7. B
D 4. F 6. E
What I have Learned
Adulthood 3. Infancy 5.adolescence
Adolescence 4. childhood
What I can Do
Childhood 3. Adolescence 5. infancy
Adulthood 4. adulthood

Post Assessment

A. Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose and write the correct
answer in your Answer Sheet / Activity notebook.

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 1. Which of the following animals undergo complete metamorphosis?
A. aphids and grasshoppers B. louse and cockroaches
C. frogs and turtles D. flies and mosquitos
2. Which of the following animals undergo incomplete
metamorphosis in their life cycle?
A. butterfly B. dragonfly C. grasshopper D. housefly
3. Which of the following is an egg-laying animal?
A. duck B. horse C. monkey D. rabbit
4. Grasshoppers undergo different stages in their life cycle except
one. What is it?
A. adult B. egg C. larvae D. nymph
5. Which is the correct order in the stages of Human Life Cycle?
A. adolescence childhood adulthood infancy birth
B. birth infancy childhood adolescence adulthood
C. adulthood adolescence childhood birth infancy
D. childhood adolescence infancy birth adulthood
Test A

Directions: Write T if the statement is true and write F if the statement is

false. Write your answers in your Answer Sheet.

1. Egg is the first stage of growth in complete metamorphosis

2. There are four stages in the life cycle of animals in a complete
metamorphosis.
3. Pupa is the third stage of growth in of a butterfly.
4. Nymph is the second stage of growth in complete metamorphosis.
5. Crocodiles and lizards are egg-laying animals.
6. There are five (5) stages in the human life cycle.
7. Adulthood is the stage where a child cannot eat alone and needs
the help of his parents.
8. Walking and talking are the skills displayed by a child between the
ages 2 and10.
9. Adolescence is the last stage of the human development.
10. Birth is the start of the human life cycle.

Answer Key

Post Assessment
Test A
1. D
2. C
3. A 25
4. C
5. B
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