Giant panda life cycle sequence and fold science craft activity

Help your students find out about giant pandas and their life cycle with this fun foldout activity and printables. Use to support learning about China, mammal life cycles, zoo animals, or for a panda bear study.

Students will color a template and sequence the panda life cycle stages before gluing and folding. They'll love opening their foldout to show the life cycle stage inside!

Benefits of this panda resource

• Hands-on and low-prep
• Use as an introduction or a review
• Perfect for interactive notebooks
• A fun alternative to science worksheets
• Supports fine motor skills
• Practice following directions
• Options for differentiation (3 templates - see below)

The templates

Template 1: Children color the template and 4 life cycle pictures, match the words to the pictures, glue, cut, and fold.

• Template 2: Children color the template and life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence with the stage names (e.g., newborn, young cub), or with short descriptions.
• Template 3: Children color the template and life cycle stages, arrange the words and pictures into pairs, sequence the stages, glue, cut, and fold.

What else is included?

• Life cycle information pages (color and black and white) and a poster (color) to introduce the panda life cycle.
• All about pandas information sheet (color and black and white). Use to support the additional activities below.
• Pandas ‘can, have, are’ sheet. There is a writing option with lines, and a cut-and-paste option (students may need to do some of their own research, but you can use the information page as a starting point).
• Worksheet to record 4 facts about pandas (own research required).
• US and UK versions of the PDF

Is this resource editable?

No, this PDF resource is not editable.