DarwinBirds and Beaks

Darwin Galapagos Island Review

TurtlesDeveloped different necks

Short

Medium

Long

Food Supply

Different areas of habitation

Darwin Galapagos Island Review

Birds Developed different beaks

–Feeding–Hunting

Various types of environments

Darwin Galapagos Island Review

Folders

Each group reviews and discusses the animals in their folders

Questions to discussSurvival techniques

What type of food for survival?

Where do they find their food?

Vocabulary to understand Adaptation

Environment

Evolution

Living Environment

Hummingbirds

Migrations

Pigeon

Flight

Homing

Traits

A Variety of Hummingbirds

A Variety of Hummingbirds

Describe two types of hummingbirds with beaks adapted to specific flowers.

What makes hummingbird flight different from the flight of other birds?

Why do you think the different colors of hummingbirds present an advantage to the birds? Why might this trait have developed in hummingbirds

Little Brain, Big Journey

Little Brain, Big Journey

How long is the Rufous hummingbird’s migration route?

Describe the path of the Rufous hummingbird’s migration.

How does the Rufous hummingbird vary its migratory path? How does it know to do so?

The Pigeon Express

The Pigeon Express

What service do the pigeons provide for Rocky Mountain Adventures?

How were these pigeons trained for their jobs?

Based on the information in the clip, what do you think gives pigeons their innate homing ability?

Birds of Kundha Kulam

Birds of Kundha Kulam

When do the flocks usually appear in Kundha Kulam?

What is associated with the birds’ appearance and the rainy season?

Are the birds actually “bringing the rain”? Why might the birds’ appearance in Kundha Kulam coincide with the rainy season?

Hummingbirds conclusionsEvolutions over time

Developed a variety of traits and skills

Beneficial to both the birds themselves and continuation of their species.

Hummingbird species

Example of the result of evolutionary processes.

Birds have developed beaks allowing them to feed

particular flowers,

Brightly colored plumage

Hummingbirds conclusions 2

Exceptional skills at navigation.

Highly skilled bird behaviors are innate Certain bird species are born with these abilities,

Homing pigeon’s innate homing ability.

Traits acquired in the population became advantageous for the birds as their populations evolved in their respective environments.

The Clip episodes showed examples of the adaptations of different birds to their varying environments.

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School Info

Staff List

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Videos- right sideClick on the videos

Answer questions

Summarize

Add three factors of the birds in the clips

Something about their beaks

Something about their brain and thoughts

Something about a “special “ job

Something about folklore in Kundaha Kulam

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Wrap Up

Look over the various birds and assess

Assess their nutritional Habitat

Assess their Beaks

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