Tag: habitat

  • Investigation: Habitat Selection in Flour Beetles

    Investigation: Habitat Selection in Flour Beetles

     This activity was modified from an Advanced Placement Investigation for use with freshman classes.   The instructions are clear and require students to examine data and create a graph.   Then students collect their own data using Choice Chambers and can choose which variables they would like to test: wet vs dry, water vs vinegar,  light…

  • What Does a Bird’s Beak Tell You About Its Diet?

    What Does a Bird’s Beak Tell You About Its Diet?

    In this activity, students examine images of birds and make inferences about the bird’s diet and lifestyle based on the shape of their beaks and legs.  Birds are very diverse in their habits, spear-shaped beaks are used for fishing,  short stout beaks are used for cracking seeds, and the curved beaks of raptors are used…