Young Animals Live and Grow | Hero Elementary

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Science

Grade(s)

1

Overview

In these Hero Elementary activities, children learn about the things that animals and their offspring do that help the young survive. Children observe and gather information from texts and media. They look for patterns and kinds of behavior. What do some animals do to help their offspring survive? What don’t some animals do?

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

    Learning Activity

    Resource Provider

    PBS

    License Type

    CUSTOM
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