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Bird Watching with Theodore Roosevelt InteractiveBird Watching with Theodore Roosevelt Interactive
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American Museum of Natural History
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6th - 12th
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Bird Watching with Theodore Roosevelt

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If you can't go to the birds, bring the birds to you! An interactive lesson helps learners identify different bird types by sight and sound. Pop-ups provide information about the different birds and audio plays the sound each bird makes. 

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Concepts

birds

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science

Instructional Ideas

  • Take a nature walk with your class and see how many birds they can identify from sight and/or sound
  • Use the sound bites to test pupil knowledge of bird calls

Classroom Considerations

  • Provide individuals with Internet-enabled devices 
  • Works in-class or as a remote learning resource
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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  • Provides an interactive online option for exploring different types of birds
  • Includes links to additional resources on the same topic

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