Field Trip Activity Worksheets
Tamarin Observation Data Sheet
While viewing the live tamarin family on exhibit within the Human Body Connection, students can make careful observations of primate behavior. The attached data sheet was designed to help focus these observations.
Ask the Human Body Connection staff how to tell the tamarins apart and also about their project collecting data on human behaviors from our visitors.
Please be aware that occasionally, the tamarins are not available for viewing, and they will have periods of inactivity throughout the day.
Help us track which school groups are planning focused observations of the tamarins by emailing fieldtrips@mos.org.
| Format | Field Trip Activity |
| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Author | n/a |
| Location | Green Wing, Level 2 — Museum of Science, Boston |
| Website | n/a |
| Duration | Plan at least 20 minutes. |
| Activity Material | MOS_Tamarin.pdf |
Tamarin Observation Data Sheet
+ View Detailed Standard Connections
Primary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Behavior of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
- Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
Secondary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Behavior of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
- Science as Inquiry > Understanding about scientific inquiry (Grade: 5 – 8)
- Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
References:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Behavior of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
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Primary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Behavior of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
Like other aspects of an organism's biology, behaviors have evolved through natural selection. Behaviors often have an adaptive logic when viewed in terms of evolutionary principles. - Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
Behavior is one kind of response an organism can make to an internal or environmental stimulus. A behavioral response requires coordination and communication at many levels, including cells, organ systems, and whole organisms. Behavioral response is a set of actions determined in part by heredity and in part from experience. - Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
An organism's behavior evolves through adaptation to its environment. How a species moves, obtains food, reproduces, and responds to danger are based in the species' evolutionary history.
Secondary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Behavior of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
Organisms have behavioral responses to internal changes and to external stimuli. Responses to external stimuli can result from interactions with the organism's own species and others, as well as environmental changes; these responses either can be innate or learned. The broad patterns of behavior exhibited by animals have evolved to ensure reproductive success. Animals often live in unpredictable environments, and so their behavior must be flexible enough to deal with uncertainty and change. Plants also respond to stimuli. - Science as Inquiry > Understanding about scientific inquiry (Grade: 5 – 8)
Different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations. Some investigations involve observing and describing objects, organisms, or events; some involve collecting specimens; some involve experiments; some involve seeking more information; some involve discovery of new objects and phenomena; and some involve making models. - Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
Regulation of an organism's internal environment involves sensing the internal environment and changing physiological activities to keep conditions within the range required to survive.
References:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Behavior of organisms (Grade: 9 – 12)
Behavioral biology has implications for humans, as it provides links to psychology, sociology, and anthropology.
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