Biology II AP Objectives

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Topics:

13. Animal Behavior
    1. Explain that behavior results from both genes and environment
    2. Describe behavioral ecology, emphasizing the evolutionary hypothesis
    3. Innate behaviors are fixed
    4. Discuss learning and learned behaviors
    5. Explain what animal cognition is and its importance
    6. Describe the concept of social behaviors and sociobiology

Time Range:
6 days

Suggested Teaching Strategies:

• Students will read and take their own notes on the chapter (maybe in outline form)
• Science as a Process: Lecture over historical development of animal behavior
• Lecture on experiment in classical conditioning and imprinting
• Lecture on biochemical and neurological causes of behavior
• Lecture on types of learning and memorization
• Students will fill out crossword puzzle that uses terms from the chapter
• Students will fill out chapter study guide to complement their lecture and board notes
• Critical Thinking: Students will use computer and do activity on 50.0 thru 50.1 on Animal Behaviors on CD Rom from Campbell's Biology

Aligned Resources:

• Core Lab: Animal Behavior Lab
• Worksheets and study guide chapter thirteen
• Reading open note quiz over chapters

Assessment:

• Grade on reading quiz
• Grade on study guide unit thirteen
• Grade on crossword
• Grade on lab write-up
• Unit test thirteen

Revision Date:
November 2001