Activity G4: Three Birds - Can You Tell Them Apart?

Great Barrier Island Activity

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Teacher Manual P 28

Science Level 3

Making Sense of the Living World

Created 15/09/2001

AO1 - Students can distinguish between living things within broad groups on the basis of differences established by investigating external characteristics.

SLO - Students will be able to differentiate between black petrel, kereru and brown teal by their appearance.

On the drawings below

  • Name each bird.
  • Label each bird's bill and list the food it collects or catches.
  • Label the feet and legs and list the major functions of them for each bird.
  • Use coloured pencils to shade the feathers their appropriate colours.

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