(Grade 1: Science) “You are Superb!” – Baby Superb Fairy-Wren Sings For Its Supper

AN ACTIVITY FOR GRADE 1

Article: Baby Superb Fairy-Wren Sings For Its Supper
By Joyce Grant

Activity: You are Superb!
By Jonathan Tilly

1. Glue toothpicks to construction paper to make a nest. Inside draw a Superb Fairy Wren with its chicks.
2. Make a song that your fairy wren might sing to its chicks.
3. How does the mother wren help her chicks get what they need to live?

Curriculum Connection
Investigate and compare the basic needs of humans and other living things, including the need for air, water, food, warmth, and space, using a variety of methods and resources; (OME, Science, 2.2).