Author: Samantha Lambert

Name: __________________________

A Day at the (Virtual) Zoo!

Part 1: Animal Families
A baby elephant is called a calf. Fill out the table for the elephant calf and mom.
How has Zuli’s appearance changed over time? Zuli has _______________________________________
________________________________________ as he got older.

	Elephant Calf	Elephant Mom
How are mom and calf alike?
How are mom and calf different?	The calf has / __________________________________	The mom does not.

A baby lion is called a cub. Fill out the table for the lion cub, mom, and dad.

	Lion Mom	Lion Dad
	Lion Cub
How are the cub and parents alike?
How are the cub and parents different?	The lion cub has ____________________	The lion ______________ has _____________________

How has Pauline’s appearance changed over time? Pauline has __________________________________
___________________________________________ as she got older.

A penguin baby is called a chick. Fill out the table for the penguin chick and mom.
Lucky is a special penguin. What was Lucky born with that made him so special? ____________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
How has Lucky’s appearance changed over time? Lucky has _____________________________________
______________________________________ as he got older.
For each animal family, elephant, lion, and penguin, we observed at least one parent and one child.
Did every child have something in common with their parent? Yes No (circle one)
Did every child have something different from their parent? Yes No (circle one)

	Penguin Chick	Penguin Mom
How are mom and chick alike?
How are mom and chick different?	The chick has / __________________________________	The mom does not.

Let’s summarize our data to compare the appearance of offspring to their parents. When animals are born, they look ________________________, but __________________ ______________________________ ________________________ their parents.
Let’s summarize our data to compare how animals’ appearances change over time. As animals grow up, their appearance changes / stays about the same. Even when animals grow up, they look
_______________________, but _________________ _____________________________ ____________________ their parents.
When animals are adults, their appearance changes a lot / stays about the same.
Part 2: Plant Families
Are plants born? Yes No (circle one)
Plants start as ______________________________.
The seeds from pine trees are kept safe in ____________________ ______________________.
We often call plant birth ______________________________________.
What is the offspring of the pine tree called? ___________________________
Use a word from the word wall to describe the pine tree. ___________________________________
Use a word from the word wall to describe the seedling. ______________________________________
Do pine trees change over time? Yes No (circle one)
Pine trees grow slowly / quickly over time.

(circle one)

(circle one)

(circle one)

Let’s summarize our data to compare the appearance of seedlings to adult plants. When plants are seedlings, they look ________________________, but ________________ ________________________ __________________________ the plants from which they came (their parent plants).
Let’s summarize our data to compare how plants’ appearances change over time. As plants grow over a period of time, their appearance changes / stays the same. Even when plants grow up,
they look ________________________, but _________________ _______________________________ _________________________ their parent plants.
When plants are adults, their appearance changes a lot / stays about the same.
Part 3: Class Investigation
As a class, let’s investigate different plants and animals to see if all plant and animal families look like, but not exactly like each other. You and three classmates will team up to investigate one plant or animal.
Botanists are scientists who study plants. Zoologists are scientists who study animals.
Our team will be studying ___________________________________.
We are Zappy Zoologists Brainy Botanists
Your teacher will give your group a set of resources you use can use to collect evidence on your organism. You will use your evidence to make a poster to teach the rest of the class about your organism’s family!
Each teammate will be in charge of writing and drawing a piece of the poster.

(circle one)

(circle one)

(circle one)

Poster Pieces: Circle the piece of the poster you are in charge of.
What a Young Organism is Like	How Offspring is Like their Parent
How Organism Changes Over Time	How Offspring is Not Like their Parent

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