: Te Ngutu Manu — Bird Beaks
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Approach:  Station  
Focus: Adaptation 
Resources: Computer program on laptop computer
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Questions/instructions:
He mahi rorohiko tënei. E whakaaturia ana te whärangi Pou Mahi ki te rorohiko. Ki te kore, me körero ki te kaiako. Päwhiria te pätene Te Ngutu Manu. Whäia ngä tohutohu a te rorohiko.
 This activity is done on the computer.
Click on the button that says Bird Beaks.
The computer will tell you what to do.

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For each of 6 birds, students were asked to select the items appropriate to that bird from a range of 8 foods.
Foods: pondweed, shellfish, fish, insect, snail, worm, berries, flower (nectar).

% responses
Duck:
pondweed

15
insect

22
Fantail:
insect

20
Kiwi:
insect

7
worm

76
berries

10
Tern:
fish

27
insect

15
worm

20
Thrush:
insect

27
snail

15
worm

29
berries

17
Tui:

insect

7
berries

22
flower (nectar)

51
 
Total score:
8.5–12

0
4.5–8

2
0.5–4

71
≤ 0

27
Commentary:
On average, about 60 percent of students could identify one appropriate food for each bird, with least success for duck and fantail. However, many also selected other inappropriate foods for some of the birds.
 
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