Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Designing and Carrying Out Your Very Own Animal Behavior Experiment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students review the process of science and then use the scientific process to design and carry out an experiment using pill bugs.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Learned Behavior of Animals

For Students 6th - 8th
[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...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Animal Farm" by George Orwell

For Students 9th - 10th
Animal Farm is an allegorical novel about the animals of Manor Farm that drive out the human farmers and assume control. As time progresses, the dynamic amongst the animals moves from unity and equality to tyranny. Selected (7) reading...
PPT
Sumanas

Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: Time Compensated Solar Compass

For Students 9th - 10th
How do birds know what direction to fly when they fly south for the winter? This tutorial explains circadian rhythm using an experiment performed with pigeons.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nature: Cloud Age Four

For Students 9th - 10th
In this short Nature video, experience the environment of Cloud, a four-year old horse living in the wild. This is one in a series of three videos about Cloud. [2:23]
Activity
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Materia

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this site you can learn and experiment with matter properties and change in behavior. Every theoretical explanation is accompanied by an animation. You will be able to aply the theory to real experiments.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Feeling Left Out

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
Handout
Other

National Aquarium: Giant Pacific Octopus

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough site that describes the physical characteristics of the Pacific Octopus, examines its diet and habitat, and references its natural predators.