Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Study the thickness of birds' beaks over a five-year period as you control the yearly rainfall on an isolated island. As the environmental conditions change, the species must adapt (a real-world consequence) to avoid extinction.
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Study the thickness of birds' beaks over a five-year period as you control the yearly rainfall on an isolated island. As the environmental conditions change, the species must adapt (a real-world consequence) to avoid extinction.
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Challenges: fillable PDF
After students have worked in the Gizmo and completed activities from the SES, challenge them with this e... (more)xtension.
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5th Grade Science
Fillable PDF Student sheet
This is pdf that the students can fill in and upload
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Environmental Science
Task Card: Rainfall and Bird Beaks
This task card can be used for remote learning or in class as a small group or individual activity. Durin... (more)g this activity students will investigate the relationship between bird beaks and rainfall through investigations and data analysis.
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Biology, Middle School Life Science
Constructing Explanations – Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Rainfall & Bird Beaks
Constructing Explanations – Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Rainfall & Bird Beaks
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7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade Science
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Great Gizmo for 7th grade students studying natural selection. If you use ReadWorks the text "Two Sets to Build Difference" matches nicely
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One of my all-time favorites. Makes it easier to understand natural selection.
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