5th grade at Dixie had the students become birds and did an activity to help them see how different beaks pick up different food. The students collected the data and started to create bar graphs to compare the different beaks with the types of food they are made to eat. 3rd grade from Glenwood did the same beak lesson.
Coleman tests their first iterations of their nests. Bird nest videos from Michelle Giraud, 3rd grade, Sun Valley: "Below you will find 2 videos that support the bird nest lesson. I have shown these and additional ones to my class and they love them. At first, I struggled with when to show it. I decided to show it a few days before they had the chance to actually create their own. Seeing the videos made the idea of creating a nest more realistic and I think they had a better vision than if not seeing it." I attended a NGSS workshop that used the bird beak as a lesson that could encompass many of the concepts in the new standards. I have linked the lesson they used (Lawrence Hall of Science) and took some pictures. They used a variety of "beaks" and a wide variety of "food." They also had an interesting way to graph it at the end. Check out the pictures!
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Mary Kate
2/2/2016 12:15:56 pm
The links will be very useful when I get to this - thanks so much for including these!
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Jenni
3/8/2016 04:17:09 pm
This was my favorite iTEAMs activity. My kids and I also graphed the results to make that math connection go further. This led to an insightful class discussion about which bird beak was the most adaptable.
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Derek
3/14/2016 11:22:10 am
Thanks for this lesson. I will definitely be doing it with my class, as this fits in seamlessly with our current projects with Point Blue Conservation Science and Students andTeachers Restoring A Watershed (STRAW). I will also search for and share out extensions to make it more 5th grade oriented, especially with regards to 5-PS3 and 5-LS2.
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3/15/2016 10:15:15 am
Thank you for posting this. I can't wait to try it. Thank you especially for including the graphic organizers! They are a great resource that make me feel ready to try this lesson out!
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Jenn Stewart
3/20/2016 05:02:57 pm
I have used a variant of this activity with my 7th graders to model predator/prey interactions to illustrate the process of natural selection in our Evolution unit. We used spoons, big pliers, tweezers, & needle-nose pliers for the different beak types (predators) and white beans, red beans, black beans, & brown beans for the prey.
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Colin
3/29/2016 07:35:33 pm
Thank you for posting these links. Recently my class visited Muir Woods and I would like to compare some of the birds we saw with those in this lesson.
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Lindsay Hess
3/30/2016 06:13:48 pm
This is a great resource! I can't wait to try this out with my class in the next week or so! Thank you!!!
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Sarah Zykanov
11/15/2016 06:35:43 pm
Great minds think alike, thanks everyone for the links, graphic organizers and resources here. I had planned on using this lesson also for our unit on animal structures that help them survive in their environment, so having all these pieces ready to use and reading about your successes makes me excited to gather the materials and make this happen.
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