TEKS & Objectives
7.14 The student knows that reproduction is a characteristic of living organisms and that the instructions for traits are governed in the genetic material
7.3.B use models to represent aspects of the natural world such as human body systems and plant and animal cells
We will explore how animals meet the needs of their offspring.
I will model animals parents with their offspring.
1. Watch video.
GG Animal Help their Babies Survive K2
2. Review vocabulary and complete quiz.
Offspring These are the babies of animals, and the results of reproduction.
Communicate This is the act of sharing information.
Carnivore This is an animal that eats only meat.
Marsupial This is an animal with a pouch, in which its offspring spend a portion of their development when young.
3. Mrs. Mulneaux’s cat had kittens!
Click below to see…
4. Match pictures of baby animals to their future forms.
Optional: Model a mother opossum and her babies.
Pick one of these to make. Remember, we’ll will need more babies than mothers.
Mother opossum:
Baby opossum:
Make a paper tree branch to put on the wall. Put your mother opossum on the branch and have the babies hanging off it.
Opossum coloring page:
5. Dive deeper into animal communication. Identify the animals making these sounds. Be careful… it’s harder than it looks!
Speaking of animal parents…
What do you get when a chicken lays an egg on the roof of the barn?
An eggroll
BONUS JOKE
What did the cat say after making a bad joke?
Just kitten!
6. “Genius Challenge – Animals Help Their Babies Survive”
