Format
1. Program begins with introduction to Rocky Mountain National Park and the NPS emblem.
2. Ranger introduces some of the animals of Rocky with a video.
3. Then ranger introduces the game of voting on whether animals shown are parents or offspring and class decides on voting gestures.
4. Together the group goes through the 5 animals noting characteristics they posses.
5. Time is allowed for questions and answers.
Objectives
1. Differentiate between parent and offspring of various animals.
2. Identify one characteristic of at least two animals that helps them survive.
3. Recognize that animals in different environments require different characteristics.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
NGSS-1-LS1-2: Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
NGSS-1-LS3-1: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, not exactly like, their parents.
State Standards
CO State Standards
SC09-GR.K-S.2-GLE.1
Organisms can be described and sorted by their physical characteristics
SC09-GR.1-S.2-GLE.1
Offspring have characteristics that are similar to but not exactly like their parents’ characteristics.
SC09-GR.1-S.2-GLE.2
An organism is a living thing that has physical characteristics to help it survive.
SC09-GR.2-S.2-GLE.2
Each plant or animal has different structures or behaviors that serve different functions.