Changing Planet: Adaptation of Species (Birds and Butterflies)

A video about the impact of climate change on butterfly populations and a PowerPoint about butterfly and bird adaptations warm science learners up for the activity to follow. Using a variety of tools that reprsent unique styles of bird beaks, scientists simulate the collection of food. The types of food collected successfully are logged and combined with results from other lab groups. They repeat the activity with a new set of food that represents what is available after a drought. In this way, they consider the impact of climate change.

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bird beaks, beaks, birds, galapagos finches, the galapagos islands, adaptations, butterflies, climate change

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Additional Tags

adaptation, butterfly, climate change, bird, bird beak, bird diet, galapagos finches, science

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Resource Details

Grade

5th - 9th

Subjects

Science

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Resource Type

Lesson Plans

Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

1 hr

Instructional Strategies

Inquiry-Based Learning

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Technology

Scientific Equipment

Video

Usage Permissions

Creative Commons

BY-NC-SA: 3.0