Birds: Feathered Friends All Around Us!

Science Grades 2nd Grade 4:20 Video
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Lesson Description

Explore the amazing world of birds! Learn about their unique features, where they live, what they eat, and how they raise their young.

Video Resource

All About Birds for Children: Animal Learning for Kids - FreeSchool

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Duration: 4:20
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Key Concepts

  • Birds are vertebrates with unique characteristics like feathers, wings, and beaks.
  • Birds live in diverse habitats all over the world.
  • Birds have different diets and ways of caring for their young.

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify the key characteristics of birds.
  • Students will be able to describe different habitats where birds live.
  • Students will be able to explain how birds' diets and parental care vary.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they already know about birds. Show them pictures of different types of birds and ask them to point out common features. Briefly introduce the video.
  • Video Viewing (5 mins)
    Play the "All About Birds for Children" video from FreeSchool.
  • Discussion (10 mins)
    After the video, engage students in a discussion about what they learned. Use the discussion questions below to guide the conversation.
  • Interactive Exercise: Bird Features Chart (15 mins)
    Students will create a chart listing the common features of birds (feathers, wings, beak, two legs). Then, have them draw or find pictures of different birds and label their features. For advanced students, they can also label what the bird eats.
  • Wrap-up & Review (5 mins)
    Briefly review the key concepts of the lesson. Have students share one new thing they learned about birds.

Interactive Exercises

  • Bird Features Chart
    Students create a chart listing bird features (feathers, wings, beak, two legs) and then draw or find pictures of different birds and label their features. They can also label what the bird eats to extend the activity.
  • Habitat Match
    Provide students with pictures of different bird habitats (arctic, desert, forest, ocean) and pictures of different birds. Have them match the birds to their correct habitat.

Discussion Questions

  • What are some things that all birds have in common?
  • Where do birds live? Can you name some different places?
  • What do birds eat? Do all birds eat the same thing?
  • How do baby birds get taken care of?
  • Why do some male birds have bright colors?

Skills Developed

  • Observation
  • Critical Thinking
  • Classification
  • Habitat Identification

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What do all birds have?

Correct Answer: Feathers

Question 2:

How many legs do birds have?

Correct Answer: Two

Question 3:

Which of these places do birds NOT live?

Correct Answer: Mars

Question 4:

What is a bird's mouth called?

Correct Answer: Beak

Question 5:

What do penguins use their wings for?

Correct Answer: Swimming

Question 6:

What do we call animals with backbones?

Correct Answer: Vertebrates

Question 7:

What do some male birds use bright feathers for?

Correct Answer: To show off

Question 8:

Do all baby birds look the same when they hatch?

Correct Answer: No

Question 9:

Which of the following can birds eat?

Correct Answer: All of the above

Question 10:

Birds lay ______.

Correct Answer: Eggs

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

Birds are covered in ________.

Correct Answer: feathers

Question 2:

Birds use their ________ to eat.

Correct Answer: beak

Question 3:

An example of a bird that can't fly is a ________.

Correct Answer: penguin

Question 4:

The male birds wear bright colors to attract ________.

Correct Answer: females

Question 5:

Baby birds hatch from ________.

Correct Answer: eggs

Question 6:

Birds are _________-blooded.

Correct Answer: warm

Question 7:

Birds live in cold places like the ________.

Correct Answer: Antarctic

Question 8:

Birds can eat ________, seeds, or fruit.

Correct Answer: insects

Question 9:

Birds are ________, meaning they have a backbone.

Correct Answer: vertebrates

Question 10:

The largest bird in the world is an ________.

Correct Answer: ostrich

Educational Standards

2.LS4.1:[Standard] Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. 2.LS4: Biological Unity and Diversity:Biological Unity and Diversity

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