The Circle of Life

Learn about the cycles and origins of life.

Origins of Life
Scientists hypothesize that about 5 billion year ago, the solar system was a whirling mass of gas and dust. The sun and planets is believed to have formed from this mass.

Life Comes from Life
For much of history, people believed that living things came from non-living matter, an idea called the theory of spontaneous generation.

Science/Processes that Shape the Earth

Standard 1: The student recognizes that processes in the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere interact to shape the Earth (SC.D.1.3).

Objective 2: Knows that over the whole Earth, organisms are growing, dying and decaying as new organisms are produced by the old ones.

Amusement Park Activities

The Circle of Life- In the environment at a amusement park count the different habitats and list some animals that might live there.

Did you know...

The fastest suspended roller
coaster is the Hayabusa in
Tokyo Summerland and it
goes 60.3mph.

Vocabulary

Metaphor- A comparaison
between two or more things
not using like or as.

Eroding- To wear away by or as
if by abrasion.

Relevant- Related to the matter
at hand; to the point.

Angstrom Units- A unit of length
used to specify radiation
wavelengths.

Links

This web site offers a variety of
information on the life cycle and our
world that has lasted for thousands
of years.

Great information on exactly what
phenology is, it also explains the
plant and animal cycles of nature.