Taft

In science we are learning about animal behavior. We finished up a cool unit on birds where we created bird books. Right now we are learning about mammals. The video we watched had the top ten animals rated by their intelligence. The smartest animal was the Chimp. The least intelligent was the squirrel. We also had to do a report on mammal behavior over the break. Dissecting owl pellets was very cool and we did that a few weeks ago. Right now we are learning about animal migrations. Soon we are going on a trip to the Zoo to learn more about animals!

Morelands Class

In our science class, we are learning about animal behavior. We learned about stimulus, and response when Mr. Cowen irritated us with his whistle and freaked us out. When learning about trial and error learning, we discussed our first time riding a bike. We are also learning about animal territory. Last Friday we watched a cool video about the top ten animal intelligences. We are learning about coutship behavior. In the video we learned that crows would drop nuts in the road so that cars would drive over them and crack them. We learned that the Grey Squirrel was brought to Europe. We found out that a pig is the 6th smartest animal, even smarter than dogs!
Elephants Dolphins and Apes recognize death.

Animal Intelligence and Behavior

In the last week we have learned about mammal behavior. We learned that pigs are smarter than dogs. Other animals can communicate. Once we take a trip to the zoo on the 11th, we will be able to observe animals in action. The smartest animals other than humans are the chimpanzees. In communications we are reading Hatchet (one of Mr. Cowen's favorites)
We learned how smart squirrels are and that a parrot can live up to 50 years. Crows can also drop nuts in front of cars to have then cracked for them.
There may be a kickball tournament at lunch time.