Behavioral Responses Walkthrough

Assignment: Behavioral Responses

Day 1 & Day 2

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Behavioral Responses Day 2

Behavioral Responses Day 1

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Overview

Today, you will read an article about how human activity impacts animal behavior and write a scientific claim supported by evidence and reasoning.

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Vocabulary & Question 1

BEHAVIOR: the way in which an animal acts in response to a particular stimulus.Example: Geese exhibit migration behavior when seasons change.

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In this unit, you explored how the body receives information through sensory inputs. You also examined how the brain receives and processes this information. These interactions lead to expressions of emotion and memory storage. The actions that an animal follows based on this information are its behavior. Behavior is the way an animal acts in response to a particular stimulus. Behaviors help animals get food or energy, make sure their young survive, and ensure they survive. Hunting is a behavior that helps an animal survive. However, human activity has an impact on animal behavior. As humans impact the environment, many animals are required to adapt their behaviors to survive.

A cheetah chasing after it's prey.

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Article & Notes

Read the Article

Take notes while you read!

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Construct a Scientific Argument

A scientific argument is a statement that is supported by scientific evidence and reasoning. Scientists use the CER method to make a sound scientific argument. CER stands for claim, evidence, and reasoning. A sound scientific argument contains three parts:

1. a claim that states the main idea of the argument;
2. evidence in the form of data, which you can find in the results section of the article; and
3. reasoning that explains how the evidence supports the claim.

CLAIM

EVIDENCE

REASONING

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Submit the CER

Use your article to answer the question:

Do humans impact wildlife?

Question 3: EVIDENCE

Give at least one sentence that provides evidence of your claim in edio. Data include the following information:

• graphs
• measurements
• numbers in data tables

Question 2: CLAIM

Answer the question, "do humans impact wildlife?" in edio.

Question 4: REASONING

Give the reasoning for your claim in edio. Hint: Your reasoning statement should explain how the data you chose supports your claim.

Submit the assignment in edio!

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In this lesson, you:

• used the CER method to write and defend a scientific claim.
• In the next lesson, you will apply your knowledge to a real-world example.

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Overview

Today, you will use your knowledge about the nervous system and brain to apply it to a real-world scenario.

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Drag the term to it's definition

Question 1

behavior

a cell that sends an electrical signal

neuron

the ability of the brain to store and recall information

memory

the way in which an animal acts in response to a particular stimulus

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In the previous lesson, you read an article about human impacts on wildlife. You then developed a scientific argument and supported it with evidence from the article. You likely read about how the deer and grouse changed their behavior due to human interactions. Today, we're going to focus on the human and what is happening within their body and brain instead.

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Today, let's take a look at the scenario below. Let's consider your science teacher is hiking through the woods in the image below. Think about what she may be sensing (see, hear, smell, taste, touch) and doing.

Today we are going to be looking at a scenario described within the previous lesson's article: hiking in the woods.

Yesterday, we determined that humans impact the environment by affecting the animals' behavior. The animals in the study avoided the trails within their habitat, mostly during the day.

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Question 2: What are the two (2) organs that work together to allow someone to sense and move through their surroundings?Answer in edio.

Question 3: Match the type of neuron with the type of message it would transmit.Answer in edio.

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Question 4: While hiking, your science teacher remembers that the types of trees around her are called oak trees. What type of memory is she using to recall that information? Answer in edio.

Question 5: All of a sudden, your science teacher's stomach starts rumbling. She's so hungry! What part of the limbic system is responsible for this hungry feeling? Answer in edio.

Submit the assignment in edio!

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In this lesson, you:

• used your knowledge of the nervous system and brain to apply it to a real-world scenario.
• In the next lesson, you will learn about ecosystems.

Reasoning

The reasoning statement connects the evidence to your claim. Your reasoning statement should explain how the data you chose support your claim.Sometimes, reasoning takes two to three sentences to fully explain.

Write a Claim

A good claim summarizies the main idea of the article. Ask yourself:

• What did the authors want me to learn from reading this article?

• What one sentence summarizes the conclusion of this article?

Write down evidence

Now, identify data that supports your claim. Data include the following information:

• graphs
• measurements
• numbers in data tables

The best place to find data is in the Results section of a scientific article.

Drag the term to match the definition.

answer to a scientific question

explains how evidence supports a claim

evidence

reasoning

claim

observations that support an explanation

Question 1