Over the next several days, students will learn to…
| Obtain and Communicate Information from scientific literature adapted for classroom use to determine the methods scientists use to quantify a behavioral trait (boldness). Argue from evidence making a claim based on patterns in the data related to flight initiation distance, as evidence for the claims that variation in behavior exists within and between junco populations and that the birds living in a city environment are becoming bolder over many generations. |
| WHAT WE FIGURE OUT – Juncos behave differently depending on their reaction to humans (by what distance), and there is variation in this trait. Models can account for differences in this behavior, and reaction time has been changing from one generation to the next. |