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This lab is created to show how animal adaptations help a species survive. Many students don't think about humans as being animals, but we are. We also have an adaptation to help us survive, our THUMB! In this lab, students find out how difficult life would be like without the use of the opposable thumb! Students will measure the difficulty of each tasks by having their partner record the time it takes to complete the task. The students will then reflect on how these adaptation has helped us as

This lab sheet goes along with the bird beak lab that teaches about animal adaptations. Students use various instruments to gather different types of "food". Students complete the engaging lab where they test the different "beaks" and how they are able to gather different types of food. The students record their findings on the lab sheet which can be taken as an informal assessment grade. The students will be able to explain how bird's beaks are adapted to eat various seeds, bugs, fruit, etc.