🔬 1st Grade Science · Unit 6

Parents and Young

10 short narrated lessons in 2 chapters, each with pictures, a quiz with a hint and a second try, and an explanation for every answer.

Standards: 1-LS1-2 1-LS3-1

1st Grade Science · 6 units

What your child will learn

Feeding the YoungDescribe how parent animals, like birds bringing worms, feed their young.
Keeping Young SafeDescribe how parents protect their young, like a mother bear staying close to her cubs.
Learning from ParentsExplain how young animals learn skills, like hunting or swimming, by watching their parents.
Asking for HelpDescribe how young animals cry, chirp or squeak to let their parents know they need something.
How Parents Help: Review ReviewReview the patterns in how parents and young animals help each other survive.

Babies Look Like Their ParentsExplain that young animals look a lot like their parents, such as kittens looking like cats.
Alike, But Not the SameIdentify differences between young animals and their parents, like fur color or spots.
Baby Plants and Parent PlantsCompare young plants with their parent plants and name how they are alike and different.
Same Kind, Many LooksDescribe how animals of the same kind, like dogs, can look different from one another.
Alike and Different Review ReviewReview how young plants and animals are like their parents but not exactly the same.

From the lesson “Feeding the Young”

Which parent is bringing food to its young?

Show the answer

[object Object]. The mother robin brings a worm to feed her baby.

Hint kids see after a wrong try: “Look for a parent with food in its beak.”

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Narrated lessons, pictures and quizzes for every grade from K to 8. Works offline.