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BirdSleuth K-12
Educators…• These teaching slides were created by the BirdSleuth K-12 team. We
welcome you to share these slides with your students! You may edit this file, but please do not distribute this file (neither original or edited versions).
• Other resources pertaining to this content can be found at: www.birdsleuth.org/webinar-series/ecosystem.
• Need help or have questions? Please contact BirdSleuth at [email protected] or consult the BirdSleuth website at www.birdsleuth.org. Join BirdSleuth on our social networks at:– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BirdSleuth/40097433976– Twitter: https://twitter.com/BirdSleuth– Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/birdsleuth/boards/
• Version 2.0 July 17, 2014
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What makes a bird a bird?
Wings
Eggs
Walking on two legs
FeathersBeaks
Hollow bones
Black-capped Chickadee
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What is a bird?
BILL
WING
LEG EGG
Any living organism that has FEATHERS
is a bird!
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Rock Pigeon
Canada Geese
European Starling
House Sparrow
MallardAmerican Robin House Finch
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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms and the nonliving environment with which they interact
The Earth can be considered one
ecosystem
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If the whole Earth is an ecosystem….
… then why do particular species live in particular places?
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Adaptations• Help an organism survive and/or reproduce in its
environment• Produced by natural selection• Can be physiological, structural, or behavioral
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Features are shaped by natural selection
Wings
Feathers
Bills Legs
Eggs and Nests
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What is a habitat?• A habitat is the place where an organism lives• It is made up of four components
Food SpaceCoverWater
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Habitat is…Food Water Cover Space
Different birds eat different
foods.
To drink, bathe, or forage.
For from predators and bad weather.
An area to find enough food,
water, and cover.
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Is this a habitat?
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Looks like home to me!
Yup!
It does have food, water, cover, and
space…Sure is!
A habitat is the place in which an organism lives
Scoot over, you are
squishing me!
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