Wing Aspect Ratio and Morphological Measurement Analysis Relating to Bird Flight and Natural History
Author(s): Richard Hunter
Brown-Barge Middle School
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Summary:
This activity simulates analysis and identification of bird specimens based on the relationship of the natural history of bird species with the morphographic measurements and ratios compared to graphs of the same types of measurements and ratios.
Description
This activity simulates analysis and identification of bird specimens based on the relationship of the natural history of bird species with the morphographic measurements and ratios compared to graphs of the same types of measurements and ratios for known examples of species for which the natural histories are given.
Grade: Middle School
Author: R. Hunter
Program: oVERT 2019
Resource Includes:
- Lesson plan PDF
- Google Folder with media files
- Sketchfab digital images
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
- Hunter, R. (2020). Wing Aspect Ratio and Morphological Measurement Analysis Relating to Bird Flight and Natural History. iDigBio, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/AWJ8-H220