Bird Beak Animal Adaptations Traits Structures and Functions of Body Parts

Get this animal adaptions science book and activities and prepare your students for the Next Generation Science Standard™ of structure and function. Your students will learn how 9 animals use their beaks, an important external body part, in various ways. All organisms have inherited traits and external parts. During your lesson, students will look at photos, read text, notice details, and write about what they learned. Dive deeper focusing specifically on beaks with this science resource.

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Add a technology element to this science lesson and let your students apply what they have learned when they also use Boom Cards™ digital task card game:

• Beaks and their Function BOOM Cards

Build vocabulary and knowledge of the structure of beaks

Discuss the function:

• assist with catching prey and eating

Watch your students' knowledge grow as they apply the new concepts while they

• write, chart data, and play two interactive game activities.

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• Structure and Function of Pets

This beak resource will help answer questions:

• Do all birds use their beak for the same purpose?
• How do beaks help birds survive?

Your download has everything needed for your lesson.

• 2 reference pages of "Build your Knowledge" of bird beaks - to help you, as the teacher, know what to teach and prepare you for questions from your students (but no promises that they still might ask a question that you can't answer - you know kids!)
• 2 pages of "Teacher Tips" providing info about the sequence of the lessons, what to focus on, etc.
• 9 animal cards- 1 for each bird with its name and photo. (full page and half page sizes are provided to use for whole group, small group, a center or even a bulletin board display)
• Vocabulary charts:

1. birds: woodpecker, pheasant, toucan, puffin, scarlet ibis, hummingbird, eagle, parrot, spoonbill
2. types of beaks (traits)
3. definition of each beak type that also shows animals that possess them

• 2 writing pages (with handwriting lines and plain lines)
• a Venn diagram page to compare/contrast two birds
• "Beak Sort" title and bird photos to use as a small group sorting activity
• labels to slide into the clear pockets of a large die to use to fill in chart
• 2 data charts to fill in
• The book: Beaks (2 versions)

2 BOOK OPTIONS:

Beginning reader text

• pages numbered and marked with a B for no error copying
• has predictable beginning of sentences
• one sentence per page

2nd version of text

• two longer sentences per page

both books contain:

• title written in bubble letters that can be colored
• 9 pages of animal drawings that students can color
• room to write a label
• "Question to Think About" (before reading), glossary, and "Text to Self Connection" page (text features)

If you have centers in your classroom, just imagine your students rotating between the writing activity, coloring/labeling of the book, filling in data on the charts, the picture sort, and dice game activity, Imagine writing, math, literature text features and science all happening in your classroom. Check all of these skills or learning standards off your list of things to do with these science activities.

Grab the version all about tails:

Animal Tails Structure and Function of Adaptations

Try the version about feet too:

Animal Feet Structure and Function of Adaptations

Expand your unit on BIRDS:

• Bird Classification and Traits

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