How Animals Care for Their Young

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Science

Grade(s)

1

Overview

In this interactive lesson, students learn that animals take care of their young in many of the same ways the adults in their lives take care of them. Students watch videos from NATURE and engage in a variety of activities to check for understanding and reinforce learning. First or second-grade students should be able to do the lesson independently or in pairs; younger students and struggling readers may need additional support. 

Science (2015) Grade(s): 1

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Obtain information to provide evidence that parents and their offspring engage in patterns of behavior that help the offspring survive (e.g., crying of offspring indicating need for feeding, quacking or barking by parents indicating protection of young).

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Vocabulary

  • obtain information
  • evidence
  • offspring
  • parents
  • patterns
  • survive
  • engage
  • behavior

Knowledge

Students know:

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Obtain information to provide evidence of the patterns of protective behavior engaged in by animal parents and their offspring,

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Animals have behavior patterns that help the offspring survive.

    Scientific and Engineering Practices

    Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

    Crosscutting Concepts

    Patterns

    CR Resource Type

    Interactive/Game

    Resource Provider

    PBS

    License Type

    Custom

    Accessibility

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