Activity G1: Is it a Black Petrel?

Great Barrier Island Activity	Teacher Manual P 26 Science Level 2 Making Sense of the Living World Created 15/09/2001	AO1 -Students can use differences and similarities in external characteristics to distinguish broad groups of living things. SLO - Students will be able to use visual clues to identify a Black Petrel from other animals. © Heurisko Ltd www.learnz.org.nz/2001

Read the pages Black Petrel facts and North Island Kaka. 1. Label the black petrel diagram with the following parts. wing bill feathers legs feet 2. How might black petrel use their wings feathers feet bills 3. Black petrel and kaka are native New Zealand birds. They both live in the forest. Draw a line to match the sentences. Kaka use their bills for perching, climbing, walking, hopping Kaka use their wings for flying, swim underwater Kaka use their feet for burrowing, walking to take-off points Black petrels use their bills for flying long distances in the forest Black petrels use their wings for ripping bark, holding food, balancing Black petrels use their feet for catching fish, preening