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Animals and Animal Babies Lesson PlanAnimals and Animal Babies Lesson Plan
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Animals and Animal Babies

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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 animal to contribute to a class book.

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animal offspring, offspring

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animal babies, science
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Resource Details

Grade
K
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
Year
1997

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