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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Adults and Babies

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine how different animals care for their young and how young animals change as they grow. They conduct research on the growth patterns and life cycle of a selected animal, create a realistic baby and adult form of their...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animal Babies

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this matching animals instructional activity, students match the 9 animal babies in the right-hand column to the mother's names in the left-had column.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Name Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students identify animals and their babies. In this animal name instructional activity, students come up with other animals whose babies have the same name. Students use the names of animals and their babies to write poems.
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Organizer
Curated OER

How Do Animal Life Cycles Vary?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this animal life cycle worksheet, students will compare and contrast the life cycle of an alligator, insect, and bird. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Animal Babies

For Students 3rd - Higher Ed
In this science worksheet, students are provided with a list of animals and the names used to refer to their young. Students can use this list for reference and/or matching each animal to its young counterpart.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Baby Animals

For Teachers K
In this baby animals worksheet, students will color and cut out six adult animal cards and six baby animal. Then students will match the adult to the correct baby animal.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animals and Animal Babies

For Teachers K
Students examine how some animal young are similar to the adult. They look at pictures of various animals and their young and identify if they look similar or not similar to the adult animal, and draw a picture of a baby and parent...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animal Identification and Matching

For Students K
In this animal identification and matching worksheet, students name the 8 animals pictured, then match the animal with its baby by cutting and pasting or drawing lines.
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Organizer
Curated OER

How Are Offspring Like Their Parents?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this parent and offspring worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing in 1 idea and 2 supporting details about how offspring are like their parents.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Camp Paws and Claws: Pets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This multi-day series of lessons will engage students in reading and listenting comprehension strategies related to books about animals. Students will retell, dramatize, and illustrate their new animal knowledge.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: Baby Animals

For Students K - 1st Standards
Can you name the babies of different animals? Includes audio narration in 18 additional languages with text in English.
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Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Animals 1: Fur, Fins, Feathers, and More

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide focuses on familiar animals such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Rio De Janeiro: Animals and Their Babies

For Students K - 1st
Join Emma and the children's carnival parade. Visit the zoo, and have a good look at the animals.
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Handout
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Sea Otters

For Students 3rd - 8th
A resource that explores the otter's life at sea with emphasis on keeping warm, diet, social life, and mother and pup. A live cam is set up to view the sea otters. Other sites (Marine Mammals and Octopus's) can be accessed.
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Interactive
Other

Mammals and Their Babies

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Twelve mammal baby pictures are displayed in this resource. If you roll your mouse over a picture you can see the adult version of the same animal.