Activity Introduction

Activity details: In this activity students pretend they are birds, and experiment with eating like a bird, nibbling at bits of food that are hanging from string without using their hands.

Key lessons and understandings of activity: The aim of the activity is for children to have a bit of fun while considering how life would be if we had wings instead of hands.

Australian Curriculum Mapping 

Foundation Science

  • Living things have basic needs, including food and water (ACSSU002)

Syllabus Outcomes: STe-8NE

Module: Biodiversity

Year levels: Foundation

Indoor or outdoor activity: Indoor

Duration of activity: 20 mins

Learning areas addressed: Science

Resources needed: Bits of food hanging from string for children to eat. Use fruit, veggies, bread etc.

Keywords: Birds, eating, behaviour, foundation

Worksheets

Teacher Worksheet

Activity outline

In this activity students pretend they are birds, and experiment with eating like a bird, nibbling at bits of food that are hanging from string without using their hands.

Instructions:

Preparation

This activity requires a little preparation. Hang bits of food at a height where children can reach them with their mouths. One suggestion may be to use bread, donuts or lollies so that each student has one food item each. Alternatively, you could put the food item on a plate. 

Activity

Ask your class to pretend that they are a bird. Imagine that they wake up in the morning and have a bit of a sing (ask your students to have a bit of a morning sing). Sing to the birds near to them as a way of saying hello.

Ask them to stretch their wings out and give a bit of a flap.

Ask them to have a quick clean of their feathers with their beak and feet.

Are they hungry yet? Ask them to fly around the room looking for some food. Ask them to pick just one bit of hanging food and tr

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