Curated OER
Bird Beaks and Feet
In this bird adaptations worksheet, students look at different bird pictures and determine what the bird eats and where it lives by looking at its beak and feet. Students complete a graphic organizer and 5 short answer questions.
Curated OER
Animal Adaptations: Focus on Bird Beaks
Sixth graders explore bird beaks as animal adaptation. In this bird adaptation lesson, 6th graders conduct an experiment to determine the connection between the shape of a bird's beak and the food it eats.
Curated OER
Exploring the Uses of Beaks
Students explore the uses of bird beaks in the wild by participating in experiment stations. In this bird adaptation lesson, students work in groups and complete experiment stations that represent different types of bird beaks. Students...
Sea World Parks & Entertainment
Sea World: Flamingos
Outlines the characteristics of the flamingo, including classification, habitat, behaviors, and conservation. Helps students identify with whales with a list of "Books for Young Readers." Information at a level of upper intermediate or...
University of California
Ucmp: Aves More on Morphology
A good discussion of the major adaptations of the skeleton of birds in order to adapt to flight.
University of California
Ucmp: Vertebrate Flight
A very solid Berkeley site on the structure and function of bird flight. Topics include skeletal and muscular adaptations for flight.
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: Movement in the Air
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.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Birds
This resource provides detailed information about birds, as well as several pictures.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Birds
[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...
Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Bird Beaks and Bills
Labeled illustrations demonstrating the diversity of bird mouth parts, each adapted for particular purposes.