Bird Adaptations

Introduction

 

 

In this Webquest, students will be learning all about birds and their adaptations in their environments. We will take a close look at beaks, colors, homes, diets, and other similar adaptations. Students will also be researching specific birds to research and discuss with their peers all of these aspects.  

Task

 

In this specific lesson in this unit, students will be looking at how birds adaptations help them to survive. They will be tasked with choosing one bird, researching it, and listing out its features and adaptations that help them while explaining to peers how it differs from others.

Process
  • Students will first be first choosing their bird of choice
  • Next, they will research their bird and keep notes upon their specific features.
  • They will create a poster about other bird and how it survives.
  • Students will finally present their work and share their findings with peers 

The students will be able to use these websites as a starting ground for their research 

The student may also use these websites as an interesting learning resource

 

Evaluation

Students can be evaluated using this rubric: 

 

 

Research Report : Bird Adaptations  
           
Teacher Name:        
           
Student Name:     ________________________________________    
           
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1  
Organization Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings. Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs. Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed. The information appears to be disorganized. 8)  
Amount of Information All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 1 sentence about each. One or more topics were not addressed.  
Paragraph Construction All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well. Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs.  
Diagrams & Illustrations Diagrams and illustrations are neat, accurate and add to the reader\'s understanding of the topic. Diagrams and illustrations are accurate and add to the reader\'s understanding of the topic. Diagrams and illustrations are neat and accurate and sometimes add to the reader\'s understanding of the topic. Diagrams and illustrations are not accurate OR do not add to the reader\'s understanding of the topic.  
Mechanics No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.  

 

Conclusion

 

As part of the conclusion to this assignment, we will get to take a trip outside and go bird watching, looking for any birds from our presentations. Students will be able to share their final projects with each other and explain their findings and then as an expansion, we will look deeper into the specific features of the birds, in general, that may be similar or different. 

Credits
Teacher Page

 

This is a very interesting subject for students and their are so many ideas that can be tied into it for more interactive learning. Some ideas to consider can be found at: 

In order to find the standards that apply to this lesson, follow this link to the standards of Ohio: