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Developing Topics with Facts, Details, and Definitions
Writers develop their topics by adding information that explains and supports the big idea. Let's practice using facts, details, and definitions to give our readers more information about a topic.
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Anna's hummingbirds build tiny nests using moss and spiderwebs
Spring has sprung! These hummingbirds are busy building nests and feeding their chicks in urban areas around Vancouver Island.
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Spring Arrival: Hummingbirds heading to New York
In late winter and early spring, they return north to breeding grounds in the United States and Canada.
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Looking to attract hummingbirds? Don't put honey in your feeders!
Hummingbirds are picky eaters. The president of Nature Calgary tells us which three species you can find in Calgary and what they love — and don't love — to eat.
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45 year long study tracks effects of climate change
LEADIN:
Ecologists in Colorado have been counting 4 million flowers and tracking 120 species of plants over the last 45 years.
Their data is now providing valuable insight into the effects of climate change....
Deep Look
What Happens When You Put a Hummingbird in a Wind Tunnel?
Hummingbirds consume their weight in nectar every day. The video explains their unusual flying abilities. From holding their bodies perfectly still while flapping their wings in mid air in order to get the nectar to shaking off water...
Curated OER
The Beauty Of Pollination
Beautiful high-definition video footage by Louie Schwartzberg captures the flights of hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees up close. Fruits ripen with time-lapse photography and flowers bloom as these animals, along with bats, seek food...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Variety of Hummingbirds
Learn about different traits and adaptations in various species of hummingbirds in this video from Nature. [2:50]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Little Brain, Big Journey
This Nature video shows the migratory patterns and habits of the Rufous hummingbird. [2:41]
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Pbs Learning Media: Evolving Ideas: How Does Evolution Really Work?
The process of evolution through natural selection is the focus of this video segment from Evolution, which presents a field study of hummingbird speciation in Ecuador. [6:41]
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Pbs Video: Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air
Amazing footage highlights the magical world of hummingbirds, one of the smallest and fastest warm-blooded creatures on the planet. [0:30]
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Pbs Learning Media: Birds of Kundha Kulam
In this Nature video, learn about the extraordinary impact that birds have on the agriculture of a small Indian community. [2:47]
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Lucifer Hummingbird
Watch a video of a Lucifer Hummingbird. [0:15]
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Lucifer Hummingbird
Watch a video of a Lucifer Hummingbird. [0:27]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Examining the Hummingbird Tongue
Hummingbird tongues are long, forked, muscle-less and excellent at grabbing liquid.