Students discover that baby animals grow up to look much like their parents — a puppy becomes a dog, a chick becomes a hen — by matching each little one to its grown-up.
Students will be able to…
A tiny yellow chick and a big hen look pretty different — but they’re family! How do baby animals compare to their parents?
Project this and have students tap a baby animal, then tap its grown-up. Each little one grows up to look much like its parent!
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
A chick and a hen — how are they family?
Students investigate.
Teacher explains.
Apply.
Three quick checks.
Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core literacy. State-standard crosswalks available on request.
Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
Determine patterns in the behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
Describe patterns of what animals need to survive.
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students learn special baby-animal names (foal, joey, cub, kid) and match each to its grown-up. A printable baby-animal match is in the Science library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.