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Family Patterns Under the Planetarium Sky

Use planetarium animal-show observations to find patterns in how penguin and meerkat parents and young respond to changes.

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

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What students practice

Students identify repeated patterns in how animal parents and young behave.
Students explain how parent-and-young behavior can help young animals survive.
Students use observations to predict what an animal parent or young animal may do next.

How to use

Read the planetarium notes aloud. Ask students to point to an observation that supports each answer, and accept dictated sentences for written responses.

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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Family Patterns Under the Planetarium Sky

Use animal observations to find patterns that help young animals survive.

Notes from the animal dome

Listen to the planetarium notes. Use the observations to answer the questions.

The Starry Animal Dome

1A class watched two short animal clips in the planetarium's Starry Animal Dome. They watched a penguin family and a meerkat family. Each family was shown in two clips.

2In both penguin clips, an adult penguin returned from the sea. The chick peeped and walked toward the adult. The adult fed the chick. In one clip, strong wind began. The adult turned toward the wind, and the chick stepped behind the adult. When the wind stopped, the chick came out.

3In both meerkat clips, pups played near their burrow. When a hawk's shadow appeared, a parent gave an alarm call. The pups ran into the burrow. When the shadow was gone, the parent gave a softer call. The pups came out and stayed close to the parent.

4The class wrote down what changed, what happened next, and how the parent and young acted together.

In the penguin clip with the chick behind the adult, what happened right before the adult turned toward the wind?

A. The chick began to peep.
B. The adult returned from the sea.
C. Strong wind began to blow.
D. The wind stopped blowing.

Choose TWO observations that show a parent action followed by a young animal's action.

The adult penguin turned toward the wind, and the chick stepped behind it.The penguin adult returned from the sea.A meerkat parent gave an alarm call, and the pups ran into the burrow.The pups played near their burrow.

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