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Flying Machines (ESL Lesson)

For Teachers 5th - 9th
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a...hang glider? This ESL presentation is about vehicles that fly. From airplanes to rockets and blimps, the slides include vibrant illustrations that will help English learners identify common flying...
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Film English

Fear of Flying

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A bird that's afraid of flying? See what happens to this character when it's time to fly south. Over the course of the instructional activity, pupils discuss fears in general, share their fears, make predictions about the film, and view...
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Worksheet
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Birds

For Students 8th - 12th
For this birds worksheet, students review the characteristics of birds including their adaptations for flight. Students review the diversity of bird adaptations. This worksheet has 4 short answer, 7 true or false, 6 matching, and 3 fill...
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Lesson Plan
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Flight Dreams: Birds Flew First

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe how bird flight and machine flight are similar. In this aerodynamics lesson, students observe how birds fly and the shapes of their wings, and investigate how observing birds helped develop the concept of machine flight....
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Penguins Around the World

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate penguins. In this Science lesson plan, students compare and contrast penguins to flying birds. Students use a Venn diagram to illustrate the differences and similarities of penguins and flying birds.
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Who Am I?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Birds and ducks are the stars of this colorful word search. In it, learners identify 16 different species of birds and ducks. There are colorful and accurate pictures of each of the birds. Pupils must match up the picture with...
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Bird Airport Control

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students visit a local wetland and record observations of waterfowl on downloadable worksheets. They compile class data and list similarities and differences among species of birds observed.
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Bird and Dog Race

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Your pupil's pet dog and bird are racing down the city streets. In order to know who is going to win, they better know something about calculating rates, the Pythagorean Theorem, and applying those topics to the map of the city. 
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Flight in Nature: Birds!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover how flight works by researching birds.  In this animal life lesson, students utilize the Internet to find information about the four aspects of flight.  Students define the four aspects and label a worksheet based on...
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Proportions in Flight

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders calculate wingspan and the body length of the birds and understand how they relate to how the bird flies. In this wingspan lesson plan, 6th graders also calculate their own "wing span" with their arms.
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Curated OER

All About Birds

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Pupils study different kinds of birds, and demonstrate reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.
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Birds

For Students 6th - 12th
In this biology worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 34 questions on bird classification and characteristics.
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The Art of "Green" Flying

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create an airship that doesn't use fossil fuel. In this flying activity, students research different types of flying machines that only use wind power. They discuss invention designs by Alexander Graham Bell and Leonardo Da...
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Name That Bird

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view web sites about Birding. They explore how to identify species using a bird's silhouette, posture, size, flight patterns and habitat. They practice birdwatching and notetaking in the outdoors.
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Organizer
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Bird Beaks and Feet

For Students 4th - 12th
In this bird adaptations worksheet, students look at different bird pictures and determine what the bird eats and where it lives by looking at its beak and feet. Students complete a graphic organizer and 5 short answer questions.
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Look Up - Birds

For Teachers K
Students investigate the concept of birds. They identify five different types of birds and name the characteristics that make them different than other living things. Students also name the different parts of the bird and how they are...
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Birds Learning Cycle Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the various adaptations of birds and compare differences and similarities of different birds.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Coriolis Effect: Flying... South?

For Students 9th - 12th
It turns out there's a lot more to heading south for the winter for migratory birds! Study the Coriolis Effect with a fun, hands-on teaching tool. Pupils take to the skies as a small red bird bound for the tropics from his frosty home at...
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Worksheet
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For The Birds Challenge

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this bird worksheet, learners complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions about features of birds. A reference web site is given, but no information about birds is contained in worksheet.
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Worksheet
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Beautiful Birds: Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this birds reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short non-fiction selections about the characteristics of birds. They answer 10 questions based on the reading which include true or false, short answer, and multiple choice.
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Flight 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are introduced to two of the four principles of flight: drag and thrust. As the class watches a video on these principles, they utilize ballons, straws and clothepins to simulate what they're seeing in the show. Nice,...
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Bird Watching 101

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the basics of bird watching, finding and interpreting bird clues and attracting birds to a particular location or habitat. They go on a birding hike after a lecture on what to look and listen for in the woods.
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Bird Quiz Worksheet

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this bird quiz worksheet, students complete a 14 question page about birds. They answer a variety of question types including true and false, matching, and multiple choice. They check their answers with the word bank at the bottom of...
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Flight Formation: The V's Have It!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Read, revisit, and reflect. Older elementary students summarize main idea 6using key details. They consider the V formation that birds fly in, summarize an informational text, and write critical thinking questions.

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