CONCEPT COMPARISON TABLE

OVERALL CONCEPT

Behavior in Animals
CONCEPT

migration
CHARACTERISTICS

-movement to another
place
-large groups of animals
-seasonal
-usually in response to
change in climate, food
supply

CONCEPT

hibernation
CHARACTERISTICS

-inactive for an long

period of time
-several species
-seasonal
-in response to a
change in climate

CONCEPT

adaptation
CHARACTERISTICS

-adjustment to become
more suited to
environment
-all types of animals
-can be during any time
-happens for a variety of
different reasons

LIKE CHARACTERISTICS

Students will find animals

that do each of these
things and place them in a
table. (i.e. What are some
animals that migrate, what
animals hibernate)
Communicated Targeted Concepts
Obtain the Overall Concept
Make Lists of Known Characteristics
Pin Down Like Characteristics
Assemble Like Categories
Record Unlike Characteristics
Identity Unlike Characteristics
Nail Down a Summary
Go Beyond the Basics
LIKE CATEGORIES

-all take place in different species

-occur as a response to change in something (food, climate)
-movement to another place
-seasonal

EXTENSIONS

UNLIKE CHARACTERISTICS

-inactive for a long period of

time
-seasonal

-adjustment to become
more suited to
environment
-can be at any time

-animals
-reasoning
UNLIKE CATEGORIES

-meaning
-time period

SUMMARY

Three different behaviors in animals are migration, hibernation, and adaptation. They are alike in terms that all of these things take place in
animals and that the reasoning varies. They are different in the meaning behind each behavior and when during the year each behavior takes
place.