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Babies: What Do They Cost?

For Students 9th - 12th
This is a great exercise to give your class a bit of a reality check about having a baby. Few of them realize what a tremendous expense it is for the first year alone. Have them estimate what they think it will cost before giving them...
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Babies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young children are fascinated by babies! Here is a simple idea which allows your pupils to perform a role-play based on taking care of a baby. They feed, change, sing to, and hold their pretend babies. Children listen to lullabies from...
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Taking Care of a Baby

For Teachers K - 2nd
Caring for a newborn is harder than it looks! Elementary pupils learn more about taking care of babies with an age-appropriate lesson that addresses how babies grow inside their mothers, what they need to grow, and how members of the...
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Building a Baby

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the fetal development of humans.  In this development lesson students divide into groups and research the different gestational weeks of a fetus. 
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Needs Comparison Chart

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this needs comparison chart, students compare the needs of babies to the needs of chicks. Students write a comparison paragraph about how mother hens and caregivers take responsibility for the needs of both babies and chicks.
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Eighteen Ways to Make a Baby

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students view a video clip about post-menopausal women having children. They identify the ethical, legal and social implications of this. They also read a case study.
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Fertilization to Birth

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this fertilization to birth process activity, students think about the changes a baby faces and complete the table on birthing trauma. They describe what type of trauma the baby might experience during the process of birth and what...
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Babies

For Students 4th - 7th
In this babies learning exercise, students review and discuss forty key terms associated with babies and then circle each key term in a word search puzzle.
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My First Crossword Puzzle

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students write the name of the baby animal next to each clue given. Then they use the baby animal names to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Baby Coloring Page

For Students K - 1st
In this baby picture coloring page, students color a black line picture of two babies sitting and laying down with their bottle.
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Baby

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students listen to chapters 1 and 2 in the book, Baby, then pick one character from the story looking for words or phrases that describe the character. They develop a character sketch making notes about their ideas and share with others...
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Rock-a-bye Babies in a Wetland

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review the way human babies grow and what type of care they need. Using the internet, they are introduced to five different wetland habitat animals and how their babies grow. They discover how they are born and what the...
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One + One = One

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students develop problem solving skills while developing writing skills. They assume responsibility for a sugar or egg "baby" and journal the experiences. In addition, they create a birth certificate and a holder.
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Taking Care of a Baby

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are introduced to the basics of human development and the critical role of parents in taking care of a newborn.
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Can I Handle Having a Baby?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students have a hands on experience of what it might be like to have a child.
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Designer Babies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers differentiate phenotypes and genotypes. For this genetics lesson, students complete the punnett square. They design their own baby by choosing the phenotype they want.
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Parents and Babies

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars examine different scents. In this science lesson, students are divided into being parents or babies and are each given a scent. The "parents" have to identify or infer the scent of their "baby" showing that every mammal...
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Matching Worksheet

For Students 1st - 4th
For this family vocabulary worksheet, students match the words in column one with the correct description found in column two. There are 15 words to define.
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Coping with Crying/Shaken Baby Syndrome

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen as an expert on Shaken Baby syndrome speaks to their class and asks appropriate questions. Using a computerized doll, they discover the meanings behind baby's different crys and demonstrates what happens when a baby has...
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Learn How Baby Birds Survive

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students role play baby and mother owls. They learn how owls are fed and figure out which type of beak will work for different kinds of food. Students do this by using chopsticks, tweezers, forks and toothpicks to try and pick up...