ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

Write On Grade 4

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.

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

ANIMALS LIVE IN GROUPS…

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FLOCK, HERD, SCHOOL, OR PRIDE IS?

THEY ARE NAMES OF GROUPSOF ANIMALS.

A SCHOOL OF FISH

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

A PRIDE OF LIONS

LIONS LIVE TOGETHER IN GROUPSCALLED PRIDES.

A TROOP OF BABOONS

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

A COLONY…

…IS A KIND OF GROUP IN WHICH EACH MEMBER HAS A DIFFERENTJOB. ANTS LIVE IN A COLONY.

ANIMALS HAVE SPECIAL WAYS THEY LIVE TOGETHER

…SYMBIOSIS IS HOW THESE ANIMALS LIVE TOGETHER.

BIRDS LIVE NEAR BUFFALO TO EAT INSECTS. THE BUFFALO ARE HELPEDBY THE BIRDS EATING THE INSECTS.

Writing Activity

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