Get your students engaged in real-life animal research by with this unit about measuring animal behavior. This 5E model lesson plan is designed for a high school biology, environmental science, life science, or AP biology* class.

Students get a chance to not only learn how to be researchers, but they also will have the opportunity to participate in actual studies! This download is the background information and the lesson plan. All additional worksheets can be downloaded separately for FREE!

Additional downloads include the slideshow lecture, practice data collection worksheet, vocabulary list, ethogram worksheet, additional prepared ethograms, completed worksheet example and presentation rubric.

I hope you and your students enjoy!

*AP biology alignment: AP Biology: TOPIC 8.1 Responses to the Environment-ENE-3.D:Explain how the behavioral and/or physiological response of an organism is related to changes in internal or external environment.