Standard #: SC.4.L.16.3


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Recognize that animal behaviors may be shaped by heredity and learning.


General Information

Subject Area: Science
Grade: 4
Body of Knowledge: Life Science
Idea: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
Big Idea: Heredity and Reproduction - A. Offspring of plants and animals are similar to, but not exactly like, their parents or each other.

B. Life cycles vary among organisms, but reproduction is a major stage in the life cycle of all organisms.
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08
Content Complexity Rating: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 05/08
Status: State Board Approved
Assessed: Yes

Related Courses

Course Number1111 Course Title222
5020050: Science - Grade Four (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
7720050: Access Science Grade 4 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))


Related Access Points

Access Point Number Access Point Title
SC.4.L.16.In.2 Identify behaviors that animals have naturally (inherit) and behaviors that animals learn.
SC.4.L.16.Pa.2 Recognize similarities between self and parents.
SC.4.L.16.Su.2 Recognize behaviors of common animals.


Related Resources

Lesson Plans

Name Description
A Whale's Tale

 

 This lesson covers:

  • The natural history, biology, and ecology of humpback whales
  • The internal and external anatomy of humpback whales
  • Threats to humpback whales and how scientists work to protect them
We All Need Trees

Students are often surprised to learn how many different products we get from trees. Use this activity to help your students learn just how much we depend on trees in our daily lives.

Caution! School's a Zoo!

This is a fun science lesson that teaches children about inherited animal behaviors through observation and direct instruction. Students then use their new skills to write a news article explaining what school might be like if teachers or students had different inherited and learned behaviors. This lesson can be integrated into reading and includes an opportunity for writing across the curriculum.

Original Student Tutorials

Name Description
Did I Know How to Wink, Or Did My Parents Teach Me? Part 2 - Learned Behaviors

Explore learned animal behaviors and the differences between hereditary and learned behaviors in this interactive tutorial.

This is part 2 of a two-part series. Click to open Part 1, which focuses on hereditary behaviors in animals. 

Did I Know How to Blink, Or Did My Parents Teach Me? – Part 1 Hereditary Behaviors

Learn how animal behaviors may be shaped by heredity and learning and how to distinguish between the two types of behavior in this interactive tutorial.

Teaching Idea

Name Description
Jump or Be Lunch! SeaWorld Classroom Activity

Students will predict how high they can jump and then compare the height of their jumps to how high a rockhopper penguin can jump out of the water. They will practice mathematical skills for determining averages.

Student Resources

Original Student Tutorials

Name Description
Did I Know How to Wink, Or Did My Parents Teach Me? Part 2 - Learned Behaviors:

Explore learned animal behaviors and the differences between hereditary and learned behaviors in this interactive tutorial.

This is part 2 of a two-part series. Click to open Part 1, which focuses on hereditary behaviors in animals. 

Did I Know How to Blink, Or Did My Parents Teach Me? – Part 1 Hereditary Behaviors:

Learn how animal behaviors may be shaped by heredity and learning and how to distinguish between the two types of behavior in this interactive tutorial.



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