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Grabbing a Bite to Eat

In this activity, learners perform an experiment that replicates the dilemma faced by birds in acquiring food from a confined area. Learners are given a variety of objects to use as ï¿½ï¿½_toolsï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ and explore various ways of extracting the food item from an enclosed shoebox without directly using their hands. Learners compare and contrast which tools worked best and use problem-solving skills to design and develop unique methods for...

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Caledonian Crows, Human Evolution, The Nature of Technology, Problem Solving, History/Policy/Law, Evidence for Evolution, NSDL, Biological Science, Tools, Birds, The Brain and Nervous System, Animals, Conducting Investigations, Health/Medicine, General, Life Science, Psychology, Cognition, Anthropology, Survival of the Fittest, Darwin, Engineering, The Scientific Process, General Science, Technology, Beaks, The Design Process, Human Body, Evolution, Education, Mechanisms of Evolution