CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Life Science: Learned Behavior of Animals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces learned behaviors and the different methods of learning.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Learned Behavior of Animals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Just about all human behaviors are learned. Learned behavior is behavior that occurs only after experience or practice. Learned behavior has an advantage over innate...
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Inherited Traits vs. Learned Behavior
Choose the picture that shows a learned behavior or an inherited trait.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 8.3 Learned Behavior
Understand different types of learned behavior among animals and humans.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Learned Behavior of Animals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes types of behavior that animals can learn.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Basic Behaviors: Self Check Quiz
Try these five multiple-choice questions about the difference between innate and learned behaviors in animals. The quiz is self-checking, and provides hints to the student if needed.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Innate Behavior of Animals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Many animal behaviors are ways that animals act naturally. They are not learned behaviors. Cats are natural-born hunters. They don't need to learn how to hunt....
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Marine Animal Tracking
This lesson engages young scholars in an activity to monitor animal foraging behavior on a spatial scale. The students will break into groups and track each other's movements as they move through a pre-determined course. The results will...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Animals: Behavior Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the necessary vocabulary and concepts for a unit on animal behavior.
NC State University
Nc State University: General Entomology, Elements of Behavior
Behavior is what animals do. It can be defined more precisely as an internally directed system of adaptive activities that facilitate survival and reproduction. Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior -- particularly when...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Magic Rocks [Pdf]
In this lesson, students work in groups with each acting as a predator, prey, or family member in a particular habitat. They present their habitat performance to the class and students identify the habitat and animal relationships. Then,...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Plant and Animal Changes
Second graders will learn about animal adaptation, hibernation, and migration.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How Animals Care for Their Young
In this interactive lesson, students learn that animals take care of their young in many of the same ways the adults in their lives take care of them.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Scent of an Alewife
This video segment from NOVA: "Sea Behind the Dunes" tracks the return of spawning alewife fish from the open ocean back to the freshwater streams and ponds where they were born. [3:34]
University of California
Berkeley Edu: Animal Behavior [Pdf]
Observable coordinated responses to stimuli. Originates with genes that direct the formation of tissues and organs of the animal body (nervous & endocrine systems).
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Reproductive Behavior of Animals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Some of the most important animal behaviors involve mating. Mating is the pairing of an adult male and female to produce young. Adults that are most successful at...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Animal Mouths
This collection of images of six different creatures, including insects and carnivorous vertebrates, illustrates the wide range of mouth types that exist within the animal kingdom. It also discusses the environment and its impact on the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Animal Fitness Lesson Plan
In this instructional activity using commonly known animals such as a fox, dog and an inchworm, students enjoy learning about the movements of various animals. The teacher demonstrates how to move and be like that animal using various...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Animal Behaviors
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Barking, purring, and playing are just some of the ways in which dogs and cats behave. These are examples of animal behaviors. Animal behavior is any way that...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 8.1 Animal Behavior
Explore many different types of animal behavior.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Cyclic Behavior of Animals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Many animal behaviors change in a regular way. They go through cycles. Some cycles of behavior repeat each year. Other cycles of behavior repeat every day. Learn...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Social Behavior of Animals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Why is animal communication important? Without it, animals would not be able to live together in groups. Animals that live in groups with other members of their...
US Department of Agriculture
U.s. Department of Agriculture: Paint Your Pet's Behavior
Use this activity to learn more about different animal behaviors. Get creative painting or drawing!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Animal Communication
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What does the word "communication" make you think of? Talking on a cell phone? Texting? Writing? Those are just a few of the ways in which human beings communicate....