Animal Behavior Sub Plan

Description

The focus of this sub plan is animal behavior. This is designed to follow up a foundation of the basics of genetics and natural selection and expand on that. This sub plan includes everything you need for your sub.  You can print and go that morning.

Great for homeschoolers, teachers or tutors.

This plan relies on YouTube videos to teach the lesson, if you do not have access to YouTube these lessons will not work.

Sub Note (with YouTube playlist link)

• Brief overview of lesson
• YouTube Playlist (please preview videos before using this plan)
• Space for page numbers for reference

Specific for this plan:
Students will have a chance to watch a few videos (a YouTube playlist is provided).
Students will be completing notes during the videos. The focus on animal behavior is about reproduction so please preview videos before using.

There are 4 videos and one graphic notes style worksheet for each video.

I have also included informational texts to work on for the remainder of class. They could be assigned as small group work or individuals, you know your classes best.
There are 6 informational texts in total. I have included a student research sheet for the texts.

The 6 informational text topics are:

•Don’t Feed the Ducks

•Kitten Behavior Basics

•Common Dog Behavior Problems

•Nuisance Wildlife

•Human-Elephant Conflict in Africa

•Why do wildebeests spend their whole lives migrating in a circle?

I would suggest discussing the articles and notes upon your return.

Following this lesson, students will be ready to discuss innate vs. learned animal behavior, the relationship between morphology and physiology to behavior, driving forces behind the behavior,  various types of behavior and vocabulary.

There are information pages:

• note to the teacher (overview of the lesson)
• standards correlation
• class periods page (editable)
• class schedule (editable)
• seating charts (editable)
• roll book (editable)
• how to turn on the equipment (editable)
• other needs to know (editable)