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Behavioral Biology
This document was produced as a reading guide for a specific textbook chapter on behavioral biology. Suitable for an AP or college-level biology course, it contains sixteen short-answer questions pertaining to animal behavior. Consider...
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Types of Behavior: Animal Behavior Research
How does one determine what influences animal behavior; Is it nature or nurture? After a short reading explaining different types of conditioning and other learned behaviors, scholars examine six scenarios to determine whether the...
Super Teacher Worksheets
Mammal Scavenger Hunt Activity
Did you know that a polar bear's skin is actually black? Or that the lightest mammal weighs less than a paperclip? Young scientists learn these and other amazing facts about mammals as they explore the animal kingdom with this fun...
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Animal Behavior
In this animal behavior worksheet, students will read a paragraph comparing learned behaviors and inherited behaviors. Students will then complete 2 short answer questions.
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Types of Behavior
In this behavior worksheet, high schoolers review the different types of behaviors including instinct, reflex, and learned behaviors. This worksheet has 10 terms in a crossword puzzle and 6 fill in the blank questions.
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Types of Behavior
In this science instructional activity, students analyze specific animal and human behaviors and classify them as innate or learned. Students answer 20 questions, identifying behaviors and explaining how they are helpful to the animal....
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Adapting to Survive
Life science and language arts come together in a passage about animal adaptation. After kids learn about how organisms adapt to conditions in their environments, they complete five reading comprehension questions based on context clues...
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Animal Behavior
In this animal behavior instructional activity, learners will review various types of animal behavior including those that are instinctual and those that are learned. This instructional activity has 10 true or false and 8 matching...
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Behavior Adaptations
For this behavior worksheet, students review different types of behavioral adaptations including migration, hibernation, and communication. This worksheet has 10 matching and 10 true or false questions.
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Caterpillars and Climate: How Temperature Affects Feeding Rate In Insects
Do you eat more when you are hot or when you are cold? Young scientists observe the eating pace of two caterpillars at different temperatures. The differences in endotherm and ecotherm animals' ability to adjust to temperature change...
Sea World
Whales
A whale of a lesson is sure to intrigue your elementary oceanographers! Learn about the mammals of the sea with a series of activities about whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Kids complete worksheets about the anatomy of a whale, create a...
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4-H Cat Activity Page
As part of a unit on animals, this would be an interesting activity for upper elementary and middle school students. The 40 question activity could be linked to a research activity on animals or pets.
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Studying My Pet
In this animal study instructional activity, 2nd graders will study their pet or a neighbor's pet and observe the animal's behaviors. They will list inborn behaviors and learned behaviors on a T chart.
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How Fire Affects Wildllife
In this ecology lesson, students select an animal to study and read about how this animal adapts to ecological disaster. They complete 5 short answer questions after reading.
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Animal Smarts Question Report
In this 10 question multiple choice worksheet, students choose the correct answer based on reading Animal Smarts. They read the non-fiction piece before determine the correct answers to the questions.
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Radical Reptiles
In this reptiles worksheet, students read about reptiles and then answer 10 questions about what they just learned. The answers are on the last page.
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The Excretory System
In this excretory system worksheet, students read a brief excerpt about water balance and the excretory system. Then they identify what compound birds, insects and reptiles living in dry habitats excrete. Students also describe how...
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Ranger Rick: Name Game
In this Ranger Rick worksheet, students observe birds in nature, draw them, make up names for them, and note their real names.