Why Do Birds Have Feathers?

LIFE SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

Students will sort and examine bird feathers; they will make paper airplanes in order to understand how flight feathers work; they will stick together feathers to create a model bird; and they will watch a film about a bird that sings with its feathers.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

You will need

bird feathers, paper, color paper, tissue paper, scissors, glue, adhesive tape

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Authors

Author: Hanna Sztwiertnia
Methodology: Monika Zwierko
Translation: George Lisowski
Producer: Marta Przywara

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

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