Featuring Mrs Litzinger's 3rd grade class. Students learned about how animals (and plants) have different adaptations that help them live where they live, do what they do, and eat what they eat. They learned about cool "extreme structures" that help animals defend themselves, like the horns on a dung beetle!
We experimented using different tools as "bird beaks". Students learned that birds have different beaks shaped for the food the eat. Students practiced using the "beaks" of a Heron, Hawk, Sparrow, Toucan, Lorikeet, Hummingbird, Ibis, Flamingo, and Kookaburra.
Hummingbird - long, thin beak to drink nectar from flowers
Heron - long, pointed beaks that help them grab fish out of the water and even spear their dinner.
Flamingo - large sieve-beaks for straining tiny crustaceans and fish from the water
Kookaburra - strong, wide beak for capturing small animals
Toucan - Large, long beaks with sharp points to precisely pull fruit from among leaves
Hawk - Sharp, hooked beaks used to bite and tear meat into small pieces small enough to swallow.
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