ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

• Write On
• Grade 4

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Learner Expectation

• Content Standard 2.0 The student will
  investigate how living things interact with one
  another and with non-living elements of their
  environment.
• 2.1 Investigate the relationships among organisms
  in a specific ecosystem.
• 2.2 Recognize that organisms are able to change
  their environment.

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In this activity you will

• LEARN THE DIFFERENT KIND OF GROUPS ANIMALS LIVE
  IN
• LEARN HOW DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANIMALS CAN LIVE
  TOGETHER
• WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT ONE GROUP OF ANIMALS AND
  HOW THEY LIVE

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ANIMALS LIVE IN GROUPS

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FLOCK, HERD, SCHOOL, OR
PRIDE IS?
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THEY ARE NAMES OF GROUPS OF ANIMALS.
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A SCHOOL OF FISH

A GROUP OF FISH LOOKS LARGER THAN THEY REALLY
ARE. BY LOOKING LARGER, THEY ARE PROTECTED
FROM PREDATORS.
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A PRIDE OF LIONS

LIONS LIVE TOGETHER IN GROUPS CALLED PRIDES.
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A TROOP OF BABOONS

IN A TROOP OF BABOONS, THE LARGEST ANIMAL IS
THE HEAD MALE. HE STAYS IN THE CENTER OF THE
GROUP.
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A COLONY

IS A KIND OF GROUP IN WHICH EACH MEMBER HAS A
DIFFERENT JOB. ANTS LIVE IN A COLONY.
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ANIMALS HAVE SPECIAL WAYS THEY LIVE TOGETHER

SYMBIOSIS IS HOW THESE ANIMALS LIVE TOGETHER.
BIRDS LIVE NEAR BUFFALO TO EAT INSECTS. THE
BUFFALO ARE HELPED BY THE BIRDS EATING THE
INSECTS.
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Writing Activity

• CHOOSE ONE GROUP OF ANIMALS TO WRITE ABOUT.
  DESCRIBE THE GROUP AND HOW THE ANIMALS LIVE
  TOGETHER.