<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;What are examples of inherited and acquired physical traits of black bears? What instinctual behaviors and learned behaviors do black bears display? In this 5E lesson, students will be introduced to the difference between inherited and acquired physical traits and the difference between instincts and learned behaviors. (If these concepts have already been introduced, this part of the lesson could be a quick review.) They will then observe inherited and acquired physical traits and instincts and learned behaviors of black bears as they watch a clip from the film Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story. Students will further explore these types of traits in black bears as they watch video clips of a black bear that can open car doors and another bear that walks on its two hind legs due to an injury to its front legs. Student handouts and PowerPoint files in English and Spanish are included in this lesson.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:15233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri, sans-serif&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}">Follow the story of black bears&#8217; return to Texas after being extirpated from the state for over 20 years. This lesson explains how black bears returned to Big Bend National Park in West Texas in the late 1980s, traveling across the Rio Grande from Mexico.
<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;What are examples of inherited and acquired physical traits of black bears? What instinctual behaviors and learned behaviors do black bears display? In this 5E lesson, students will be introduced to the difference between inherited and acquired physical traits and the difference between instincts and learned behaviors. (If these concepts have already been introduced, this part of the lesson could be a quick review.) They will then observe inherited and acquired physical traits and instincts and learned behaviors of black bears as they watch a clip from the film Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story. Students will further explore these types of traits in black bears as they watch video clips of a black bear that can open car doors and another bear that walks on its two hind legs due to an injury to its front legs. Student handouts and PowerPoint files in English and Spanish are included in this lesson.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:15233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri, sans-serif&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}">Students will watch a clip from the film&nbsp;Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story, narrated by Matthew McConaughey, and be introduced to a mother black bear as she forages for food for her cubs. Students will observe how black bears are not only surviving but thriving as a protected species in Texas.

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