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JBP Resource LLEEAARRNNIINNGG WWIITTHH EEVVEERRYYBBIIRRDDYY STUDENT TRAIL SHEET FOR PRIMARY 1 - 2 LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN! Welcome to Jurong Bird Park, home to more than 5,000 birds from 400 different species! Today you’ll be taking flight on an exciting trail through Bird Park and meeting some very interesting feathered friends. You’ll be learning new words and testing your math and science skills as well. Have fun and learn as much about the birds as you can! SAFETY TIPS Here are some tips to help you have a fun and safe trip today! 1. Follow your teacher at all times 2. Watch out for moving vehicles 3. Do not tease or feed the animals 4. Have fun and enjoy yourself! 1 "LEARNING WITH EVERYBIRDY" TRAIL MAP PELICAN COVE BIRD DISCOVERY CENTRE FLAMINGO LAKE PENGUIN COAST BREEDING AND RESEARCH CENTRE 2 STATION 1 BIRD DISCOVERY CENTRE The Bird Discovery Centre is as a mini museum where we can learn all about birds! Each window tells us more about the special characteristics of birds. BIG BIRDS, SMALL BIRDS Can you spot a large skeleton near the entrance? It belongs to the extinct E____________ bird! LOOK AROUND This bird was more than 3 metres tall, and weighed about 400kg! Can you spot the tiny skeleton nearby? That is the smallest bird in the world, the H__________________. They lay the world's WORD UP! smallest eggs. Extinct: No longer alive Each is smaller than on earth the fingernail on Endang ered: In your pinky! danger of becoming extinct 3 FEATHERY FRIENDS Birds are the only animals with feathers. Draw lines to match the correct types of feathers to their names. Explore the windows to DRAW IT discover the answer! FLIGHT FEATHER BODY FEATHER TAIL FEATHER DOWN FEATHER Take a closer look at the other feathers in the window. You can even look at the bird OBSERVE specimens. Draw a feather that you really like! & RECORD What kind of pattern and shape does it have? DID YOU KNOW? Ostriches almost went extinct because people hunted them for their feathers and meat 4 BEAK-A-BOO! Birds don't have teeth! Instead, birds have different beaks for their different diets (food) and the ways they look for food. Draw lines to match the bird with its TEAM correct food! Work with your partner, WORK and talk about what made you choose that answer. NUTS, SEEDS, AND FRUIT HUMMINGBIRD MEAT PARROT NECTAR (FROM FLOWERS) EAGLE 5 STATION 2 PELICAN COVE FISHY EATERS Pelicans are aquatic birds. They eat lots of F______ and spend lots of time in the W__________! IN GOOD SHAPE OBSERVE Shapes appear in our lives, in many ways! Look & RECORD around you, and write down any objects or animals that have the following shapes! ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ looks like a looks like a looks like a looks like an SQUARE TRIANGLE RECTANGLE OVAL 6 COUNTING WITH PELICANS How many pelican sculptures can you see? Wingspan means the length measured from the tip of one wing to another. The Dalmatian pelican has the largest wingspan for pelicans. WINGSPAN: Read the signs and find ________ out how long it is! Humans have a 'wingspan' too! Use yours to answer these activities! TEAM WORK MY wingspan is SMALLER / LARGER 1. than the Dalmatian pelican. MY wingspan is SMALLER than my 2. friend's: _______________(their name). MY WINGSPAN: ________ 3. MY wingspan is LARGER than my friend's: _______________(their name). 7 FISHING FOR CLUES! LOOK AROUND Use the signs around Pelican Cove to find the answers! DID YOU KNOW? Pelicans will work together as a team to catch more fish! Sometimes, they also team up with other birds ACROSS: 1. Brown pelicans and Peruvian pelicans are the only pelicans that can D __ __ __. 4. Pelicans incubate their eggs with their F __ __ __. 5. Dalmatian pelicans are also known as the C__ __ __ __-headed pelicans. DOWN: 2. Pelicans fly in a v-formation to save E __ __ __ __ __. 3. A pelican's P __ __ __ __ can hold up to 13 litres of water. 8 STATION 3 FLAMINGO LAKE PRETTY IN PINK Flamingos are pink because of what they eat (their diet). They eat SHRIMP tiny shrimp living in the water. The Have you eaten shrimp shrimp contain something that before? What colour is helps turn flamingo feathers pink! it when cooked? What are some ways having long necks OBSERVE and legs help them? & RECORD Watch the flamingos and circle the actions you see them doing! WALKING EASILY THROUGH WATER STANDING BENDING ON 1 LEG WORD DOWN UP! FIGHTING WITH THEIR Habitat: The natural NECKS! RUNNING home of a plant or animal THROUGH WATER Threatened:To be in danger PUTTING THEIR HEAD UNDERWATER 9 SOME LIKE IT JUST RIGHT Flamingos live near water, but they only like areas with low water levels. Low enough for them to stand in! When it's time to lay eggs, flamingos build nests on the ground using mud, water and soil. DRAW IT Why do you think flamingo nests look like little mountains? Draw on the picture what might happen if the lake floods! NO PLACE TO CALL HOME Flamingos are threatened by pollution and the loss of their habitat (homes and food). Talk with your partner, and write some reasons why a habitat is important for the flamingos TEAM WORK _____________________________ A HABITAT PROVIDES... _____________________________ _____________________________ 10 WORD WATER OR WASTE? UP! Toxic: Poisonous, Pollution is a big problem for many aquatic harmful and birds, not just the flamingos! dangerous When toxic waste is dumped in the water, it can destroy the habitat and make it dangerous for the animals and people living there. KILLER LITTER Throwing rubbish into the water also hurts the environment. Birds accidentally eat the trash or plastic, and get very sick! Can you help clean up this habitat? Circle all the things that harm the environment! DRAW IT 11 STATION 4 BREEDING & RESEARCH CENTRE This centre is where we breed rare and endangered birds. The keepers here also care for eggs or chicks that have been abandoned by the parent birds NESTING TIME Did you know - birds only build nests when they lay eggs! What are some materials birds use to make nests? Draw lines to match the bird LOOK with its nest! Explore the wooden boxes at AROUND the BRC entrance to discover more. PELICAN FLAMINGO HUMMINGBIRD HORNBILL 12 EGGING THEM ON All birds lay eggs! They come in different shapes, colours and sizes. OBSERVE & RECORD Observe the case of eggs in BRC and sketch your favourite patterns and colours onto these blank eggs on the left! Note the different shapes. What do you think the different patterns might help with? WHERE IT ALL BEGINS The first room you'll encounter is the incubation room. Parent birds will sit on their eggs to keep them warm and help the chicks to grow - that's called incubation! TEAM What does incubation need? Work with your WORK partner to find out the right answers! HUM __ __ __ __ Y DID YOU KNOW? TE __ __ __ RATU __ __ 1 ostrich egg is roughly equal to 24 chicken eggs! How many DA__ __ NE __ __ chicken eggs would 3 ostrich eggs be worth? 13 BE A BIRD NANNY! Eggs and chicks need the right conditions to grow properly. OBSERVE Visit all the windows, and find out & RECORD what a Bird Nanny needs to do/know! 1. The first chick feeding is at _________AM, and the last chick feeding is at _________PM. 2. The second chick feeding is 2 hours after the first feeding. What time is the second feeding? 3. What is the temperature inside the incubator machine? 4. Are there any chicks in the nursery? Record their species and age here! CHICK #1 CHICK #2 SPECIES: SPECIES: _____________________ _____________________ AGE: AGE: ________________weeks ________________weeks 14 STATION 5 PENGUIN COAST LOOK AROUND Can you spot some penguins in the Singapore heat? They are A_______________ penguins! HOT OR COLD? Not all penguins live in cold places! African penguins live near South Africa, where the days are hot, and the nights are cold. In fact, penguins live in the southern half of the earth! We call this the Southern Hemisphere. Circle the Southern Hemisphere on this globe! HINT: Is it the DRAW yellow portion or the IT white portion? Explore the walls of Penguin Coast to discover the other penguin species. Write their names LOOK below, arranged from shortest to tallest! AROUND SHORTEST TALLEST 15 CLASH OF COLOURS What are the colours on the African penguin? Observe the LOOK penguins and colour them in! AROUND African penguins have a patch of pink skin above their eyes. This patch helps the penguin to lose heat and feel cooler! On the picture, circle where the pink patch will be! BORN TO SWIM Penguins are perfect for swimming! They have modified wings called flippers. Work with your partner TEAM WORK to penguin-watch! PARTNER #1 PARTNER #2 Observe which body- Time how long the penguin parts a penguin uses can hold its breath! when swimming. ________ minutes Circle these on the Who can hold their for breath drawing above! longer? Circle the answer! THE PENGUIN / ME 16 UNDER THREAT Many penguins are endangered, including African penguins LOOK What are TWO human activities that harm AROUND penguins? PO __ __ UTI __ __ DID YOU Over-F __ __ HIN __ KNOW? Each African penguin has its own pattern of When people catch too much fish, there spots on its tummy! They're special to each won't be enough for the penguins! penguin, just like human fingerprints THEY NEED OUR HELP! Encourage your parents to buy seafood with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) sticker! Seafood with this sticker comes from companies that do not over-fish.
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