Activity G1: Is it a Black Petrel?

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Teacher Manual P 26

Science Level 2

Making Sense of the Living World

Created 15/09/2001

AO1 -Students can use differences and similarities in external characteristics to distinguish broad groups of living things.

SLO - Students will be able to use visual clues to identify a Black Petrel from other animals.

Read the pages Black Petrel facts and North Island Kaka.

1. Label the black petrel diagram with the following parts.

wing

bill

feathers

legs

feet

2. How might black petrel use their

wings



feathers



feet



bills



3. Black petrel and kaka are native New Zealand birds. They both live in the forest. Draw a line to match the sentences.

Kaka use their bills for

perching, climbing, walking, hopping

Kaka use their wings for

flying, swim underwater

Kaka use their feet for

burrowing, walking to take-off points

Black petrels use their bills for

flying long distances in the forest

Black petrels use their wings for

ripping bark, holding food, balancing

Black petrels use their feet for

catching fish, preening

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