Sorry, I didn't get all the materials together to take pictures to adorn this post, but I promised it was forthcoming and wanted to share before too much time had passed.
This version of the bird beak activity has 6 stations. At each station, students will use 3 different beaks/tools to collect the food featured at that station. The goal is to determine which beak is the best matched to the food source. (For a simpler version of this activity, see here).
Students will try each beak for 15 seconds. The collected food will be placed in a cup, and then returned to the supply.
Station 1:
Nectar: water in a graduated cylinder
Tools:
--Clothespin
--Medicine dropper
--Pipette
Station 2:
Worms: gummy worms in sand
Tools:
--Straw
--Chopsticks
--Clothespin
Station 3:
Seeds and Nuts: sunflower seeds, etc.
Tools:
--Chopsticks
--Tweezers
--Pliers
Station 4:
Aquatic Plant Life: aquarium plant in water
Tools:
--Pliers
--Tweezers
--Pipette
Station 5:
Insects: rice stuck into a styrofoam log
Tools:
--Tweezers
--Chopsticks
--Pliers
Station 6:
Fish & Water Animals: beads & plastic fish in water
Tools:
--Tongs
--Tweezers
--Chopsticks
