Becoming a Bird

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Objective

Students will recognize and learn the importance of the different adaptations of native Texas birds, including their colorations, beaks, and feet. For this activity, students will design and create a new species of Texas bird, and write an expository paragraph including a description of the bird’s adaptations and why they are important to that bird’s survival.

TEKS

  • 3: 1A-E & G; 3A-C; 5F-G; 11B-C; 13A
  • 4: 1A-E & G; 3A-C; 5F-G; 11B; 13B
  • 5: 1A-E & G; 3A-C; 5F-G; 11; 12A &C 13A

Materials

Provided

  • Cards
Not Provided

  • Envelopes (3)
  • Crayons, colored pencils, markers, etc.
  • Craft materials – colored paper, glue, clay, paper mache, scissors, feathers, etc. (optional)

Activity Preparation

  • Print a set of the provided cards and place the cards in separate envelopes or containers per category (all coloration cards in a coloration envelope, all beak cards in a beak envelope, all feet cards in a feet envelope).

  • 3: 1A-E & G; 3A-C; 5F-G; 11B-C; 13A
  • 4: 1A-E & G; 3A-C; 5F-G; 11B; 13B
  • 5: 1A-E & G; 3A-C; 5F-G; 11; 12A &C 13A

Becoming a Bird
Students will recognize and learn the importance of the different adaptations of native Texas birds, including their colorations, beaks, and feet. For this activity, students will design and create a new species of Texas bird, and write an expository paragraph including a description of the bird’s adaptations and why they are important to that bird’s survival.

  • Background
  • Discussion
  • Activity
  • Wrap-up
  • Extension

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Adapted from Adaptation Artistry by Project Wild

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