[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...

Choose the picture that shows a learned behavior or an inherited trait.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes types of behavior that animals can learn.

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.

In this instructional activity, 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...

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.

Observable coordinated responses to stimuli. Originates with genes that direct the formation of tissues and organs of the animal body (nervous & endocrine systems).

In this lesson 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 exercises and...

[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...

Explore many different types of animal behavior.

[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...

[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....

In this interactive lesson, learners act out animal movements for a short brain break.

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. Students watch videos from NATURE and engage in a variety of activities to check...

Learn how animals communicate with visual, sound, touch, and chemical signals.

Students study animations and diagrams to learn about the reflection behavior of sound waves.

Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the Atlantic puffin.

Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the bison.

Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the horse.

"Animal Studies" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about scientists learning about animal behaviors by observing them. They discuss the sawfly and poppy-bees specifically. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...

"Animal Studies" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about studying the behaviors of animals including the sawfly and the poppy-bee. They learn about animals by observing them. It is followed by constructed-response questions...

For young children, being excluded by their peers is a common, painful experience. Role-play with a puppet or stuffed animal to explore the issue.

Learn all about the study of animals--zoology through this interactive website. You will learn about the processes that make animals alive, what makes them endangered or extinct, and the tree of life.

Learn about how wild parakeets have adapted to city life in this WILD TV video segment.