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Flocking for Food

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. Each learner receives a ___beak___ and a ___stomach.___ After searching for food, the ___birds___ gather to examine the contents of their stomachs. The activity closes with the learners trying to discover how real shorebirds find their food. This activity not only gets learners thinking about...

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Feeding, NSDL, Biological Science, Ecology, Low Tide, Birds, Animals, Conducting Investigations, Prey, General, Earth System Science, Marsh, Space Science, Science and Society, Asking Questions, Forestry and Agriculture, Tide Table, Adaptations, Populations, Life Science, Competition, Ecosystems, Geoscience, Communicating Results, Mathematics, Oceanography, Tides, Data Collection, Gathering Data, General Science, Tidal Flat, Beach, Beaks, Oceans and Water, Shore Birds, Behavior, Education, Formulating Explanations