Animal Behavior

Makey Takey: Zoo Animals

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This kit is designed for use as a group project with a Pre-K or Kindergarten Class. This was designed to address the Next Gen. Science standards P-LS1-1: Observe familiar plants and animals (including humans) and describe what they need to survive, and K-ESS3-1: Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. The lesson plan can be found later in the record.

The kit includes the following materials:

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Animal Defenses

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Examines the various physical and behavioral adaptations animals use to survive.

Animal Defenses

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

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Squirrel Nutkin would rather ask an old owl riddles than gather nuts with the other squirrels.

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

Partners and Parents

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Nature ensures that new generations of animals are born to replace those that die in the rainforest. Partners and Parents features spectacular photos and illustrations along with clear, simple text that explains the elegant courtship rituals carried out by butterflies, birds, and mammals, why insects live together in huge colonies, how frogs grow up in tree-top nurseries, and how monkeys and apes like to troop through the forest in peaceful family groups.

Partners and Parents

Life Cycles (2005)

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Segment 1: (6 min.) Life Cycles - All organisms undergo cycles of life. Learn about the life cycles of several animals, including reproduction. Segment 2: (5 min.) Heredity - Learn about genes and heredity and discover the genetic connection between modern birds and ancient dinosaurs.

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Middle
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Life Cycles