Student One (butterfly drawing)

Demonstrated understanding

Understanding needs to be
developed

Student Two (turtle drawing)

Demonstrated understanding

Student understanding that

living things develop through a
number of life stages

A number of life stages are

clearly depicted.

Student ability to identify the

main life stages in an animals
life cycle
Reproduction
Birth
Juvenile
Adult

All four stages were clearly

identified. The adult butterfly is
drawn with eggs to indicate
reproduction, followed by a
caterpillar, cocoon, juvenile
butterfly and concluding with
the adult butterfly once more.

Student ability to verbally

describe aspects of the drawing

Each stage was accurately

described e.g. this butterfly has
layed eggs, this is a caterpillar,
the caterpillar goes into a
cocoon.

Each stage was accurately

described e.g. these are the
eggs, this is a baby turtle, this
is a grown-up turtle.

Order of stages clearly

identified

Stages have been clearly

numbered 1-4.

Stages have been clearly

labelled 1-3.

Student understanding of the

cyclical nature of the life stages
that make up an animals life
cycle

Each stage is drawn in a corner

and arrows have been drawn to
connect the
stages.

Student confidence around the

life stages of different animals

Understanding needs to be
developed

A number of life stages are

clearly depicted
Three stages were identified,
being reproduction, juvenile
and adult. Hatchling is included
in many life cycle drawings and
was not included by this
student.

Stages have not been

connected however they are
placed on the page in a way
that could indicate
directionality (left-right).
Student verbally indicated a
lack of confidence around the
life stages of different animals
stating she had only been
exposed to butterflies.

Student verbally indicated lack

of confidence around the life
stages of different animals,
along with the animal she had
drawn.