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Instinct Versus Learned Behaviour in Animals
Distinguish hardwired survival reflexes from skills taught by parents.
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Animal Behavioural Adaptations
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Goal
Explain how animal actions, migrations, hibernations, and nocturnal habits ensure survival.
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Learning standards covered
science.ks3.y2.t3.s2National Curriculum (England) · Science · 3rd Graderecognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents
Open Global Standard:OGS.6.LS.5
science.ks3.y2.t3.s3National Curriculum (England) · Science · 3rd Gradeidentify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.
Open Global Standard:OGS.6.LS.5
OGS.6.LS.5