Growing up

For grown-ups: this lesson in words

Year 2 · Science

Growing up: I can say how animals grow and what they need.

1. A chicken's life cycle starts with an egg.

   A baby chick hatches out of the egg.

   The chick grows into a hen. She lays eggs!

   Picture: A cycle called Chicken with 3 stages: Egg, then Chick, then Hen, and back to Egg.

2. People are animals too. We start as babies.

   A baby grows into a toddler, then a child.

   Then a teenager, nearly grown up. Then an adult.

   Picture: A sequence with 5 stages, in order: Baby, then Toddler, then Child, then Teenager, then Adult.

3. Your turn: Here are an egg and a hen. What hatches out of the egg?

   Picture: A cycle called Chicken with 3 stages: Egg, then a hidden stage marked ?, then Hen, and back to Egg.

   Choose one:

   • Chick: chick
   • Hen: hen

   Answer

   The answer: Chick

   A chick hatches out of the egg. It grows into a hen.

   Picture: A cycle called Chicken with 3 stages: Egg, then Chick, then Hen, and back to Egg.

Words to know

young:

The babies of an animal.

adult:

A grown-up person or animal.

life cycle:

The stages a living thing goes through as it grows.

caterpillar:

A baby butterfly. It hatches from a tiny egg.

need:

Something we must have to stay alive.

want:

Something nice to have that we can live without.