Baby birds will chirp and cry to let their parents know they are hungry and want food. The parents know to bring them food when they hear the cries. One parent stays and watches the babies while the other goes to collect food.

How are the parents and offspring behaving to help them survive?

Monkeys learn to use sticks as tools from their parents. They use the stick to catch insects to eat. Their parents show them which foods are safe and which are going to make them sick. They also teach them to stay away from dangerous areas. Monkey parents show babies how snakes can be harmful and teach them to hit them with sticks or run away.

The parent monkey is helping the baby monkey learn to ____________.

Monkeys learn to use sticks as tools from their parents. They use the stick to catch insects to eat. Their parents show them which foods are safe and which are going to make them sick. They also teach them to stay away from dangerous areas. Monkey parents show babies how snakes can be harmful and teach them to hit them with sticks or run away.

The parent monkey is helping the baby monkey learn to ____________.

Baby birds will chirp and cry to let their parents know they are hungry and want food. The parents know to bring them food when they hear the cries. One parent stays and watches the babies while the other goes to collect food.

How are the parents and offspring behaving to help them survive?

Bear 1: Makes a safe, warm cave home, stores food for winter, feeds her cubs, and keeps them safe in winter.

Bear 2: Sleeps in a tree, has no food for winter, and cubs have nowhere warm to sleep.

Which bear is helping its cubs to survive?

Bear 1: Makes a safe, warm cave home, stores food for winter, feeds her cubs, and keeps them safe in winter.

Bear 2: Sleeps in a tree, has no food for winter, and cubs have nowhere warm to sleep.

Which bear is helping its cubs to survive?

The American alligator will protect their babies by carrying them in their mouths. Kangaroos have a special pouch to keep their babies warm and safe. Opossums will carry all of their babies on their backs to make sure they don't get lost. Mother cats will carry kittens by the backs of their necks to move them to a safe place.

What pattern of behavior are these three different parents showing?

The American alligator will protect their babies by carrying them in their mouths. Kangaroos have a special pouch to keep their babies warm and safe. Opossums will carry all of their babies on their backs to make sure they don't get lost. Mother cats will carry kittens by the backs of their necks to move them to a safe place.

What pattern of behavior are these three different parents showing?

What behavior is this mother using to keep her baby safe?

What is a pattern?