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What Happens Next by the Backyard Fence?

Use backyard observations to predict how robin and rabbit parents care for their young and explain how these behaviors help.

Grade 1ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to1-LS1-2

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 NGSS standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 10 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
Science
Question types
Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use repeated observations to predict how animal parents and their young will behave.
  • Students explain how feeding and covering young animals help the young survive.

How to use

Read the observations and questions aloud. Have students point to the notes that support each prediction. These are written observations; do not approach real nests.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

1-LS1-2

Find patterns in how parents and their young behave that help the young survive.

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What Happens Next by the Backyard Fence?

Use animal observations to make predictions.

A Nest Above the Fence

Listen to the notes. Use what happened before to predict what happens next.

Picture of a nest

Backyard Watch: Robins

Zara watches a quiet backyard corner from a window. An adult helps her look through binoculars. They stay far from the nests and never touch them. A robin nest rests in a bush by the fence.

Tuesday: The chicks peep and open their mouths. A parent puts worms into their mouths. The chicks swallow.

Wednesday: The chicks peep and open their mouths again. A parent feeds them worms again.

Thursday: Rain falls. A parent settles over the chicks. They tuck under its feathers.

Friday: Rain falls again. A parent covers the chicks again.

1.
On another dry morning, the chicks peep and open their mouths. What will the parent most likely do?
  • A. Carry the chicks out of the nest.
  • B. Put food into the chicks' mouths.
  • C. Wait for the chicks to feed it.
  • D. Bring more sticks instead of food.

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