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Bird is the Word

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Tracking area birds can tell a lot about an ecosystem. Learners use that understanding as motivation to observe and record bird populations in their area. They use journaling to store their information and ultimately choose one bird as...
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PBS

Reading Adventure Pack: Birds

For Parents 2nd - 3rd Standards
A Reading Adventure Pack takes a close look at birds. After reading a fiction and nonfiction book, scholars craft a thaumatrope, begin a birding journal using their sense of sight and hearing, and build a model bird using supplies from...
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Teach Engineering

Adapatations for Bird Flight - Inspiration for Aeronautical Engineering

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
It's a bird, it's a ... device made to mimic birds. The eighth installment of a nine-part module has pupils read various articles to learn about bird flight. They consider the implications for aeronautical engineering.
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Curated OER

Up, Down and Dirty: Exploring Birds and Amphibians in the Victory Bog

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover how to use a field guide for birds as well as observing them via binoculars. They gain an understanding of the role of bogs and their inhabitants, specifically the Victory Bog. They create their own field guides.
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Curated OER

CAP LTER Bird/Plant Research Year's Schedule

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use a month-by-month plan to incorporate the Bird Protocol and vegetation study in an elementary classroom.
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Curated OER

Bird Interdisciplinary Possibilities

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students use a brainstorm of ideas to create an interdisciplinary approach to the Bird Protocol.
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Curated OER

Building a Bird's Nest

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify local birds and their habitats. For this wildlife lesson, students list various birds that live in their area and match the descriptions of the birds to the photos. Students build a diorama of a birds nest.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Bird Identification Worksheet 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this bird worksheet, students cross reference materials gathered to identify the bird pictured and fill in 7 boxes with the information gathered.
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Activity
Curated OER

The Bird Project

For Teachers 7th
Students explore the different characteristics and features of birds. In this life science lesson, students research information on the bird of their choice. They prepare a report and present their findings in class.
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Curated OER

Bird Study: merit badge

For Students 5th - 12th
In this birds worksheet, students use their workbook to answer short answer questions about birds and habitats. Students complete 8 questions total to get their merit badge.
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Curated OER

Birds, Fractions and Percentages

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study fractions, percentages, spreadsheets, and computers by watching and recording the number of species of birdsseen. They create a spreadsheet to record the results of their one month study.
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Unit Plan
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Life In A Nest: Exploring Life Cycles With Bird Cams

For Students 6th - 12th
Why read about it when you can watch it happen? Bird cams make it possible for learners to experience the life cycle of a bird in real time! An engaging set of lessons provides activities to connect their learning to bird cam...
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Worksheet
Worksheet Universe

Birds and Mammals

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Is it a bird or a mammal? Scholars classify 30 animals as either birds or mammals in a worksheet designed to reinforce the concept of sorting.   
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Curated OER

What Class Are You In?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Classifying animals has never been this much fun! Pupils discuss the animal groups, fish, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, birds, and also identify their characteristics. Then, they take pictures of animals and classify them in a group...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Learn About Birds

For Students 5th - 10th
In this birds learning exercise, students click on the links in the questions about birds to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 18 questions total.
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Curated OER

Tropical Birds

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners research and write reports on tropical birds. They identify characteristics necessary for tropical birds' survival in the rain forest climate, such as coloration, nesting habits, and food availability. They create pictures of...
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Curated OER

Pen Pals

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students collect bird count data at their sites, and share and compare the data collected from two different schoolyards using computer technology.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

All About Birds

For Students 8th - 10th
In this birds activity, students answer 25 short answer questions about birds. They color and label the different parts of a bird and fill in the correct term given the definitions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Beautiful Birds

For Teachers K
Students explore the traits of birds to uncover information about their eggs, feathers, beaks and other characteristics. The data is probed through a variety of exploration centers.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Birds

For Students 6th - 10th
In this birds worksheet, students read a 2 page informational excerpt about birds and the study of birds, ornithology. They then use the information the learned to answer the 10 questions in the packet. The answers are located on the...
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Curated OER

For The Birds

For Teachers K - 3rd
Student make bird feeders and describe feeding behaviors. In this bird feeder lesson plan, students construct simple bird feeders. They then put them outside and observe the feeding behaviors of birds. Then they graph the number of birds...
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Curated OER

Investigation 9 - Bird Study

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine specific bird characteristics and become more aware of the ecosystems that support each bird. They engage in bird walks, mapping the areas where they find evidence of bird activity.
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Curated OER

For the Birds

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore biology by creating birdhouses. In this bird identification lesson plan, 2nd graders discuss the different types of birds that live in their environment and what characteristics each type of bird has. Students...
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Curated OER

Bird Beaks

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover the beaks of birds. In this biology lesson plan, students explore how many different birds can live in the same geographical area because they are adapted to eat different organisms.

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