University of Missouri
Famous Trials: West Memphis Three Trials (1994)
On a warm sunny May day three eight-year-old boys set off on a bike ride around their hometown of West Memphis, Arkansas. The next afternoon, their bruised and mutilated hog-tied naked bodies were pulled from a stream, setting off an...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Innate Behavior of Animals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers innate behavior in animals.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 8.2 Innate Behavior
Explore innate behaviors in animals and humans.
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).
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Konrad Lorenz
Wikipedia provides biographical information on Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist and ornithologist.He is credited with re-discovering the principle of animal imprinting.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:wild Places: Follow Your Nose
Explore the migration behavior of various animals, and investigate the sense of smell as a tracking device for these migrations. Emulate salmons by following and scented path, and construct a map of the "river" as you head "upstream."
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: The Circle of Life
The Franklin Institute explores how "each family of living things has its own life cycle." Links to many resources are woven together with narrative at this site.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Animals: Animal Adaptations
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of animal adaptations, that look at physical and behavioral adaptations.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
In the novel "Frightful," a peregrine falcon, has spent most of her life depending on a human and must now learn how to survive in the wild on her own. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 4-9) to pair with "Frightful's Mountain" by...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Do Learner Types Need in Style Instruction?
How does the mind work - and how does it learn? Teachers' instructional decisions are based on a mix of theories learned in teacher education, trial and error, craft knowledge, and gut instinct. Such gut knowledge often serves us well,...
Other
Wayne Stewart/social Insects
Discussion of insects that show awareness of others of their own species although their behavior is highly regimented and instinctive.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Inherited and Learned Behaviors
View this slideshow containing vibrant pictures, examples, and easy to understand text to learn the difference between inherited and acquired traits.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Chemical Communication
This site deals with many animals' use of chemical communication or pheromones to communicate. Includes examples and pictures.
US Fish and Wildlife Service
U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service: Listed Species Believed to or Known to Occur in Each State
This page was created for quick access to pages that offer the most recent fact sheets, life history, and regulatory information for different animal species. Choose a state in the list to find a listing of animal species, and follow...
Curated OER
Athletic Insight the Online Journal of Sport Psychology
A great deal of the literature on the relationship between anxiety and performance has come from a cognitive-behavioral perspective. This Athletic Insight paper examines the relationship between the two constructs from a psychodynamic...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Animal Migrations
Kids learn about Animal Migrations. How animals travel for miles across the land, air, and sea for the changing seasons.