Bird Beaks 3rd Grade STEM Activity NGSS Life Science 3-LS4-3

Integrate STEM in your classroom with this 3rd Grade Life Science STEM activity about the different types of bird beaks.

Birds must have the right kind of beak in order to eat certain things. Birds live in habitats where they can find food that their beak allows them to eat.

In this 3rd-grade STEM challenge, students design, build, and analyze the types of beaks that birds have and figure out how that helps them to survive (or not) in the environment that they live in.

Connect to Read Aloud Story:

It's a great companion to BEAKS! by Sneed B. Collard III.

Materials:

• paper
• pencils
• crayons
• markers
• grabbing tools (clothespins, tongs, tweezers, chopsticks, liquid droppers, etc.)
• small materials to pick up (beads, pom poms, pine cones, plastic bugs/worms, rice, popcorn kernels, etc.)
• dish with water
• library books about beaks/online resources

Included:

• Detailed lesson plan
• Interactive visuals
• Engaging activities
• Easy-to-follow instructions

Learning Objective
I can explain how some organisms are able to survive better than others.

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