Endangered Species resources

Reading text to find information about how scientists work. Assessment focus: interpreting information about how scientists work.

Students give two pieces of information a scientist could learn from placing bands on the legs of birds.

Students are provided with some information on the diet of eight NZ birds. Students use this information to fill in a table that identifies which birds are herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores.

Students read some notes about kākāpō, and answer questions on how the kākāpō is distinct from other parrots, and why these birds are endangered.

Task: Students explain six things that would be needed to develop and maintain an offshore island habitat for endangered birds. Assessment focus: identification of needs of endangered birds.