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1st grade · Science · Unit 4 of 8

Parents & Babies

How parents help their young, and how babies look like them.

What your child practices

Practices how animal parents feed, protect and teach their young, and how young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 1L.1.1.1.1; 1L.4.2.1.2 · how young plants and animals are like their parents, and how parents help their young survive

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Animal parents feed, protect and teach their young.
  2. Babies look like their parents, but not exactly.
  3. A baby kangaroo stays safe in its mother's pouch.

Example: A baby bird chirps with its mouth open. Why? Baby birds can't find food yet. They call so a parent feeds them. Answer: to get food

Parents & Babies in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 4 of 8 in 1st grade Science, after Materials and before Plant Parts at Work.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    A kitten looks like its…

    • mother dog
    • mother cat
    • mother bird
    • mother fish

  2. Question 2

    A baby penguin stays warm on its parent's…

    • beak
    • feet
    • wing tip
    • head

  3. Question 3

    A puppy cries. What does its mother do?

    • Hides its food
    • Goes to sleep
    • Comes to help it
    • Runs away

  4. Question 4

    Why does a mother deer hide her fawn?

    • To feed a wolf
    • To lose it
    • To keep it safe
    • To play a game

  5. Question 5

    A baby monkey holds on to its…

    • a rock
    • mother
    • tree trunk only
    • a fish

  6. Question 6

    A baby animal makes a sound. The parent hears it. What happens next?

    • Nothing ever
    • The parent leaves forever
    • The parent comes to help
    • The parent sleeps

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