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Family Clues at the Elephant Overlook

Compare elephant and mango tree families using pictures and observation notes. Explain similarities, differences, and careful predictions.

Grade 1ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to1-LS3-1

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 NGSS standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
  • Classroom-ready

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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 elephants and mango trees with features of their parents.
  • Students use observations to predict family similarities without expecting exact matches.
  • Students explain a family similarity and a family difference using evidence.

How to use

Read the notes and questions aloud. Use the pictures to introduce each living thing, then have children point to notes that support their answers.

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 Clues at the Elephant Overlook

Look for ways young living things are alike and different.

Look at the Elephant Family

Look at the elephant picture. Listen to the notes about a real family. Use the notes to answer.

Picture of an elephant

Notes from the Overlook

At the zoo's elephant overlook, Imani watches a mother elephant and her calf. A calf is a young elephant. The mother has gray skin, wide ears, and a trunk. She has a large body and a little hair on her head.

Her calf has gray skin, wide ears, and a trunk, too. Its body is smaller than its mother's body. The calf has more hair on its head than its mother has. Imani writes down what she sees.

1.
Which pair of features do the mother and calf share?
  • A. Wide ears and large bodies
  • B. Gray skin and trunks
  • C. Small bodies and gray skin
  • D. Equal head hair and wide ears

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