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Farm Animal Life Cycles

Students investigate six major livestock species, discover that animals need air, space, food, water, and shelter to survive, explore the life cycle of a farm animal, and identify the products each farm animal produces.

Grades
K – 2
Estimated Time
60 Minutes
Updated
December 9, 2024
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Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Sue Knott and Andrea Gardner | Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom and National Center for Agricultural Literacy (NCAL)

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • K-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
    • 1-LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
      • 1-LS3-1: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.