Grades 2–4
Beaks and What Birds Eat
Match seven beaks to the food they are shaped for, from a hummingbird to a pelican.
Science worksheet · Birds
Why Do Birds Migrate?
Fill in five sentences about migration, then mark four facts true or false.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–4
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Birds
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Birds, Body parts and adaptations, Migration
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- To migrate means to travel a long way each year when the seasons change.
- 1. Fill in the blanks.
- 1. Many birds fly in the fall.
- 2. They migrate to find more in winter.
- 3. Birds often fly together in a group called a
- 4. In spring, they fly back
- 2. Circle True or False.
- All birds migrate.
Words on this sheet
southfoodArctic ternflocknorthTrueFalse
Teacher tip
Find a migration map online and trace one bird’s route.
How to use it
- Hang a bird feeder near a window if you can.
- Show pictures of different beaks and ask what each one eats.
- Start with a two-minute “I notice, I wonder” talk about the picture on the sheet.
Watch for
Not all birds fly. Penguins and ostriches are birds too.
Talk about it
- How does a bird’s beak help it eat?
- Where have you seen this outside of school?
Take it further
Do a class bird count and share it with a citizen science project.
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More birds worksheets
Grades K–2
What Makes a Bird?
Color the six things every bird has and put an X on the six it does not.
Grades 1–4
Bird Watching Tally
Watch birds for 15 minutes, tally each kind you see and tell which one you saw the most.
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