Summary
Two segments: in "Hatching a Plan" the heroes help eggs hatch safely and notice how the young animals resemble their parents; in "The Invisible Force" they investigate a mysterious force -- moving air -- that pushes things around town. Pairs life science with a first look at forces.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
These two stories look at growing animals and at invisible pushes and pulls.
- How are baby animals both like and a little different from their parents?
- What invisible "force" was moving things around town?
- Name something a push or a pull can do to an object.
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: hatch, parent, offspring, force, push, pull.
Try it:
- Match a baby animal to its parent and name one way they look alike.
- Push and pull a classroom object and describe how it moves each way.