This classroom connector addresses Instructional Objectives 2.01, 2.02, and 2.03. Raise your hand if you have had a baby animal as a pet. Baby animals grow up to be adult animals. The different stages in an animals life is called a life cycle. Today, you will learn about the life cycle of mammals.
Mammals are animals that give birth to live babies.
They produce milk for their young from their own bodies. Mammals have hair or fur on their bodies. Mammals are warm blooded animals. Warm blooded means that their body temperature stays the same, no matter what the temperature around them is. Baby mammals need care after they are born.