What Makes a Bird

In this activity for primary learners, students sort animals into 2 categories: birds and those animals that are not birds.

Grades covered: -1 through 3

Curriculum Topics: Animals, Environments, Sorting & Classifying

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Idea Sheets are cross-referenced to subjects listed in the Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and California Content Standards.

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Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.||Next Generation Science Standards||Kindergarten||Life Science||From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes|||Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 2||Life Science||Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity |||Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 3||Life Science||Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

California Standards (Click to View)

2. Different types of plants and animals inhabit the Earth.||CA Science||Grade Kindergarten||02. Life Sciences|||4.d. Compare and sort common objects based on one physical attribute (including color, shape, texture, size, weight).||CA Science||Grade Kindergarten||04. Investigation and Experimentation||4. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions & conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept, and to address the content of the other strands, students will develop questions & perform investigations.|||2.a. Different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places.||CA Science||Grade 1||02. Life Sciences||2. Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways.|||3.b. Examples of diverse life forms in different environments, such as oceans, deserts, tundra, forests, grasslands, and wetlands.||CA Science||Grade 3||02. Life Sciences||3. Adaptations in physical structure or behavior may improve an organism’s chance for survival.

Categories include:

Life Science
Pre-K
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Science

Tags: Structure & Function, Ecosystems, Adaptation

Subjects covered: ["Life Science"]

What Makes a Bird

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