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Direct linkGraszer, Christina L.; Gnau, Katie; Melber, Leah M. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2012
This article highlights a core lesson that has been used in a number of Lincoln Park Zoo educational programs. The lesson teaches students to conduct an ethological, or animal behavior, study on a bird. This study can be implemented in a variety of outdoor settings, including a park, schoolyard, or zoo. Using an ethogram, students will practice…
Descriptors: Animals, Outdoor Education, Research Methodology, Animal Behavior
Smith, Brian K.; Reiser, Brian J. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2005
Conducting observational investigations of behaviors and processes is an important method for generating scientific knowledge. This article describes a methodology for assisting students in the processes of observational inquiry and theory articulation and its instantiation in a set of digital video tools. We describe a high school biology…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Biology, Secondary School Science, Videotape Recordings
