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Flocking for Food
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In this outdoor beach activity, learners use a variety of "beaks" (such as trowels, spoons or sticks) to hunt for organisms that shore birds might eat.

Grabbing a Bite to Eat
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In this activity, learners perform an experiment that replicates the dilemma faced by birds in acquiring food from a confined area.

Pesticides and Eggshell Thinning
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This lab activity is about toxic substances like pesticides and their effects on biological systems. The activity starts with an introduction of how birds sequester calcium to make an egg.

Evolutionstechnik or Selection and Variation in the Egyptian Origami Bird (Avis papyrus)
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In order to examine the random nature of mutations and natural selection, learners "breed" clutches of Egyptian Origami Birds (Avis papyrus) using random number generators (dice and coins) to mutate s

Bird Beak Buffet
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In this classic activity, learners investigate natural selection by becoming birds foraging for food on an island.

Feeding Facilitation: A Lesson in Evolution and Sociobiology
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This is an outdoor activity designed to demonstrate evolution of feeding behavior in flocking, schooling or herding animals that maximizes allocation of food resources and enhances survival.

For the Birds: Environmental Effects on Population
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In this activity, learners will investigate how shorebirds and seabirds are extremely vulnerable to changes in their environment, whether human-induced or otherwise.

Wetland Bioblitz
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This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Temperate Rain Forest Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into biodiversity of a given habitat.

Bird Guide
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This activity is intended to familiarize learners with native Houston birds, introduce learners to tools biologists use in the field, and to enhance their observation skills.

It's All About Birds
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In this activity, learners create their own bird species using arts and crafts materials. The bird call recordings are not online so the introduction activity can't be done, but everything else can.

Clippy Island: An Investigation into Natural Selection
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In this activity, leaners will observe the process of natural selection on a population of birds called 'Springbeaks' over four seasons of breeding on an isolated environment called 'Clippy Island.' L

Jay Play
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In this outdoor activity, learners find out the color of food that jays prefer and then try to change the birds' preference by altering the taste of the food with salt.

Oil Spill Cleanup
This hands-on experiment will provide learners with an understanding of the issues that surround environmental cleanup.

The Beaks of the Finches
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In this simulation, learners become birds different beak types. Learners use various tools to represent beaks to pick up seeds and place them in a petri dish.

Statistics: Creature Features
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In this math activity, learners collect, organize, and analyze a set of data related to types of animals in the temperate forest.

Bird Binoculars
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This is a tape and glue activity in which learners make binoculars that they can decorate and then use to go bird watching.

For the Birds
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In this outdoor activity, learners turn the fun of feeding wild birds into an investigation of bird behavior.