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Family Guesses at the Balance Beam

Compare guinea pig and oak family observations. Use evidence to explain similarities, notice differences, and make predictions.

Grade 1ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to1-LS3-1

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1 NGSS standard
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13 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students compare features of young plants and animals with features of their parents.
Students use family observations to predict similarities without expecting exact matches.
Students explain a family similarity and a family difference using evidence.

How to use

Read the cards and questions aloud. Have students point to the observations that support their answers and explain their predictions.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

1-LS3-1

Explain that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.

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Family Guesses at the Balance Beam

Use family clues to compare and predict.

The Guinea Pig Cards

Listen to the family notes. Use the notes to answer.

A Playground Card Game

At the playground's balance-beam station, Zuri's class plays a family-guess game. They use cards about real living things. One card shows Pip, a parent guinea pig. Pip has round ears, brown fur, and a large white patch on her back.

Two cards show her babies. Nib has round ears, brown fur, and a small white patch on his back. Dot has round ears, brown fur, and a small white patch on her side. The class compares the cards before making guesses.

Which pair of features do Pip and both babies share?

A. Round ears and large white patches
B. Round ears and brown fur
C. Brown fur and white side patches
D. Small white patches and round ears

Underline the note that shows Nib is not exactly like Pip.

Nib has brown fur, and Pip has brown fur.Nib and Pip have round ears.Nib's patch is small, and Pip's patch is large.Nib and Pip have white patches on their backs.

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