During the last month or so we have observed many birds from the Natural History Museum and from resource books. The astute members of our class have noticed many ways all birds are alike and detailed differences among birds. This week we talked about adaptation.
Students said that birds live in different places and eat different foods and “do different things”… and so birds need to have the feet and beaks that “suit” (student word) them. Students practiced matching an activity (”grab food” or “swim” or “walking up a tree trunk”) to the feet that work best for the activity. They also matched beaks to the type of food a bird eats (cracking seeds, water plants and creatures, nectar). What excellent reasoning skills!