Resources by Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)

Eco Divo

This is card game in which  students can learn about ecosystems and biodiversity and explore the fascinating natural history of organisms in the United Kingdom. The game includes species interactions, human impacts and diversity while students compete or collaborate in building a food web or classify diverse...

Feed the Birds

This resource, from the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), allows students to recognise common birds and to carry out two investigations which involve the feeding behaviour of birds.

*Observing garden birds to study the effect of the colour of food items on consumption

*Observing...

Finding Food

Aimed at Key Stage Two, this resource provides investigations, practical activities, worksheets and puzzles on the topic areas of animals and habitats.

Investigations look at food preferences in birds, finding prey and finding food for offspring, and lead into many follow on investigations.

There are...

Foraging Behaviour in Bumblebees *suitable for home teaching*

This resource suggests a number of investigations into bee behaviour which can be used to:

• develop an understanding of the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, including food webs and insect pollinated crops
• consider the importance of insect pollination in human food security
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Foraging Behaviour in Leaf-cutting Ants

In this activity students investigate the foraging preferences of leaf-cutting ants. This task is designed for students to collect data by observing film footage of the ants’ behaviour. Students analyse the data using the chi-square test and interpret the outcome in relation to their test statistic. This task...

Investigations into the Behaviour of Ants

This resource, from the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), allows students to investigate the behaviour of ants, and includes:

• Background information about British ants.
• A step-by-step approach to the collection and maintenance of some British ants with particular reference to...

Keeping Ourselves Safe Near Dogs

Aimed at Key Stage Two, this resource explores the behaviour of dogs and their interactions with humans. Linked to PSHE and the topic of animals, it contains several activity ideas and accompanying worksheets including: a survey, role play and stimuli for discussion and writing.

The activities look at the...

Let's Ask the Animals

This video, aimed at primary level, looks at farm animals and the processes they share with humans. Comparing basic needs, including companianship, nutrition, exercise, keeping clean, it finds many similarities.

The resource links to the topic areas of animals, including humans and PSHE, encouraging...

This video, aimed at primary level, looks at farm animals and the processes they share with humans. Comparing basic needs, including companianship, nutrition, exercise, keeping clean, it finds many similarities.

Mini-animals

Aimed at Key Stage One and lower Key Stage Two, this resource links to the topics of minibeasts and habitats. An introductory presentation focuses on 20 common mini-animals and looks at ways of identifying them such as the number of legs, colour, size and habitat.

The resource suggests activities and...