Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Birds and Adaptations!

Today we are talking about Birds!

Some Key Features!

1. Warm Blooded
2. Hatch from eggs
3. Have Feathers covering their bodies
4. Have two legs and two wings
5. Their bones are hallow

A quick video !





Adaptations

An adaptation a behavior or physical characteristic that help the animal survive where they live.

Two types!

1. Physical: Parts or features of the animal that help it survive! Such as the fur on a bear or a beak on a bird. 

2. Behavioral: Things an animal does in order to survive such as migration in the winter time. 




Bird Beaks and Feet (Adaptations)



Experiment Time!


Birds and Beaks

You will have two attempts to collect as much food as possible from in front of you using, tongs, tweezers, slotted spoons, eyedroppers and more.

Each one is like a type of bird beak figure out what food it is best suited for!

There are snails- macaroni

Grubs or bugs- m and m’s and raisins.

Nectar- red water

Seeds

Flesh- staples in cardboard

Birds and Beaks- Observation Page

Draw a picture of the experiment


The two beaks I used were:

  1. ___________________________________
  2. ___________________________________

The first beak worked well with _______________ kind of food. This tells me it would be used in the wild to eat _____________ kind of food and would belong to a _______________ bird.  

The second beak worked well with _______________ kind of food. This tells me it would be used in the wild to eat _____________ kind of food and would belong to a _______________ bird.  

What I am looking for check list

  • Detailed picture
  • Works well independently
  • Able to answer the questions with little teacher assistance
  • Can identify foods and beaks types
  • When asked I can talk about the different beak types and how they work
  • Uses multiple beaks and can relate them to how birds feed





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