Fourth graders will engage in a project-based learning lesson to discover how beak adaptations affect what birds eat.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] There is an amazingly wide variety of birds. Birds are vertebrates. Almost all have forelimbs modified as wings, but not all birds can fly. Learn more about birds in...

Build a bird by choosing specific structures to match the environment, then see how you did by calculating the survival rate.

Can you identify the purpose of different bird beaks? Read up about the different types of beaks and then you'll apply your knowledge by identifying the purpose of different shaped beaks.

This activity is designed for students to compare and contrast the anatomy of bird and human leg bones. Students will kinesthetically model walking like a bird to note the differences in the foot bones.

This activity first asks the students to study the patterns of bird flight and understand that four main forces affect the flight abilities of a bird. They will study the shape, feather structure, and resulting differences in the pattern...

Labeled illustrations demonstrating the diversity of bird mouth parts, each adapted for particular purposes.

This lesson has been designed to show pupils the unique structure that birds possess--feathers--and how they maneuver them in flight.

Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over birds in cold climates, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Come and check out this resource featuring printable materials on birds. This site includes poems, shape books, questions for reading comprehension and more.

A site on how birds fly discusses their anatomy that allows them to fly. Also discusses the role that feathers play in flight. Also includes a section which discusses other insects that fly.

Students are asked to explain the characteristics of the bird in flight and how adaptations would allow the bird to fly a particular way. [0:32]

Next to fish, birds are the most abundant vertebrates around. Take a look at the physical traits of birds and how well they adapt to their environments.

Outlines the characteristics of birds of prey, including classification, habitat, behaviors, and conservation. Helps students identify with these birds by integrating a list of "Books for Young Readers." Information at a level of upper...

A detailed overview of the Cinereous Vulture. Overview includes a physical description, their niche and habitat in the wild, and their life history. Facts about special adaptations they have had to make in order to survive.

A good discussion of the major adaptations of the skeleton of birds in order to adapt to flight.

Learn about how wild parakeets have adapted to city life in this WILD TV video segment.

Follow Adelie Penguin families as they raise their chicks. Daily pictures (November through January) from the penguin colony on Ross Island, Antarctica. are posted with data for students to keep a field journal. Inquiry classroom...

Interactive animation illustrates how Charles Darwin used his study of finch beaks to explain evolution. A phylogenetic tree diagram shows how the birds' color and beak shape changed over generations.

This thematic curriculum which focuses on bald eagles revolves around a three-day field trip to Bradford Woods in Indiana. However, many of the activities could be adapted for other environments, and the background material is useful,...

In small groups, students will experiment and observe the similarities and differences between human-made objects and nature. The students will compare the function and structure of hollow bones with drinking straws, bird beaks, tool...

A slide show that demonstrates the development of physical structure in the animal world, moving from sponges through mammals.

Examine characteristics of bowerbirds and their bowers. Compare and contrast various styles of bowers created by bowerbirds

This site from the National Zoological Park provides extensive information about many types of animals. Just click on the category you need. Includes pictures and live web cams.