1. Follow These Directions
Please sit down
Take out your agenda book, science notebook, a highlighter and something to write with.
Take out your homework (Peacock CER Worksheet)
Sit down quietly and wait for directions

2. Homework
Take a break
tonight

3. Behavior: Mating Dances
Evidence
According to the video, the Six plumed bird cleans his habitat and calls for a mate. It also does a hopping dance.
Papua New Guinea's Six Plumed Bird (3 min)
Papua New Guinea's Bower Bird (4 min)
Australia's Satin Bower Bird (4 min)
Peacock Mating Habits

4. Evidence – Observations – According to the video…
ACTIVITY: Choose ONE mating dance habit and place into chart including citation and specific bird’s name.
Papua New Guinea's Six Plumed Bird
Cleans his habitat, calls for a mate, showcases feathers, hopping dance
Papua New Guinea's Bower Bird
Rebuilt/redecorated bower (home), expands pupils, wheezy call, waves his wing, dances with berry, head butts female
Australia's Satin Bower Bird
Creates bower (home), decorates with blue objects, makes calls, showcases objects

5. Animal Behavior: Herding
Read article to gather evidence
ACTIVITY: Place into activity chart, one piece of evidence that supports the claim. Reading entire “CER” as a whole.
Sample:
C: The behavior of herding young increases the probability of successful reproduction.
E: According to the text, Elephants and buffalo move their young into the middle of the herd at any sight of danger. Lions and hyenas will mock charge attempting to break apart the herd.
R: By protecting young, a species is ensuring the offspring will grow old enough to reproduce.

6. Homework
Take a break
tonight