We hope you are hungry because you are invited to our Bird Beak Buffet! In this interactive 20-minute video lesson for K-5 students you’ll learn how bird beaks are survival tools adapted to birds’ favorite foods.
Help Ranger Lety and Adamas discover why bird beaks have diverse shapes by participating in their Bird Beak Buffet. First, you’ll experiment with five common kitchen tools to discover which works best to eat five different foods. Then, you’ll match the kitchen tools to the bird skulls they resemble and take an educated guess of which bird species they belong to. Finally, you’ll apply what you’ve learned about bird beaks by designing the beak you would need to eat your top five favorite foods. (Optional: grab an adult to setup a Bird Beak Buffet in your kitchen and follow along!)
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This lesson supports the following Next Generation Science Standards:
1-LS1-1, 2-LS4-1, 3-LS4-3, 4-LS1-1
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