1st Grade Research and Inquiry Resources • Children will use the
Internet to learn that some animal babies need parental care
after birth, while others do not. • Children will learn about
baby birds whose parent cares for them after birth and baby
snakes whose parent does not care for them after birth. •
Children will match baby animals to the parents that care for
them. • Have children look again at Website. Discuss what other
animals stay with their moms after they are born. For example,
cows, horses, most other mammals and birds. What animals do not
need their parents after birth? For example, most reptiles and
fish. • Talk about male animals that also take care of their
young, such as the Emperor Penguin.