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Animal Behavior

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Essential Question: How do feral cats work together and as individuals to ensure their survival?

Learning Objective: I can evaluate the claims of an argument regarding the effects of specie group behaviors.

Standards addressed: HS-LS2-8. Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species’ chances to survive and reproduce.​

In Class Sequence


Lesson 1 (Engage)
  • Joseph Griffith's Surrender
  • Surrender C-E-R Graphic Organizer
  • C-E-R Direct Instruction Video
  • Feral Cats Article  from unit page
  • Return to the Feral Cats Article, identify the main claim of the article, the evidence used to support that claim, and the reasoning which shows how the evidence supports the claim.

Lesson 2 (Explore)
  • As a class, a list of terms is devised to investigate and define.
  • Students will create Frayer Models of the terms they discover.
  • Students will investigate either the structure of a cat colony, or one of three proposed solutions. 
    • Students should give the pros and cons in a T chart, with an explanation of the term at the top. Those working on structure should use a hierarchical thinking map to show colony roles, with an explanation of the term at the top.

Lesson 3 (Explain)
  • Animal Behavior Lecture Notes

Lesson 4 (Extend)
  • Mealworm Virtual Lab
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Lesson 5 (Evaluate)
  • Examination
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By John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9240013

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  • Home
  • Meet the Teacher
  • Chemistry
    • Chemistry Calendar
    • It's Elemental >
      • Periodic Table
      • Radiation
      • Nuclear Energy
    • The Bonds We Share >
      • Physical or Chemical?
      • Compounds
      • Be Trendy
    • Don't OverREACT >
      • Chemical Equations
      • Types of Reactions
      • Don't Drop the Base
    • Mass in Chemistry >
      • I have this weird Mole
      • Stoichiometry
      • I have the Solution!
    • Energy in Chemistry >
      • Intermolecular Forces
      • Heat in Reactions
      • Enthalpy
    • I Only Eat Organic >
      • Hydrocarbons
      • Biomolecules
      • Circle of Life
    • Final
  • Integrated Science II
    • Matter and Energy >
      • Matter and Its Properties
      • Energy and Matter
    • Heat and Energy >
      • Behavior of Matter
      • Behavior of Energy
      • Earth's Interior
    • Properties of Matter
    • Chemical Attractions
    • Energy In Reactions
    • Human Impact on the Atmosphere
    • Chemical Equilibrium