What's so amazing about birds? Find out just how amazing birds are with a physics of animal behavior unit created by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Have learners explore and tap into their observational skills and notice how birds fly, what...

Read about why the osprey is also known as the fishhawk in a short reading passage that describes where they live, what they eat, and what they look like. After reading, individuals respond to four short answer questions based on what...

Did you know some birds paint their nests with the juice from berries? Video describes three unique and awesome nests built by birds, how they are made, and the many functions each serve. 

Celebrate the circle of life with this fun hands-on activity. After cutting out, gluing together, and assembling this visual model, students are able to spin through and observe the life cycle of penguins.

How do you identify a bird? Daniel explains how to look for field marks such as, behavior, song, and distinguishing characteristics. Once you've documented what you've observed you can use a field guide or website to identify the bird....

In this birds vocabulary skills instructional activity, students match the 02 listed birds to the appropriate sentences that describe each of them.

Here is a beautiful word search on African bird species. There are 17 birds altogether, and each one has an accurate and colorful illustration that goes along with it. An answer key is included. This word search would come in handy to...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one paragraph text about turtle doves. Students answer one multiple choice question.

For this bird crossword, students place the species names of 20 birds into a crossword puzzle. This is made more difficult because there are no clues.

You don't have to visit The Maritime Aquarium to use this plan, but you would need to find a location where a variety of bird species live, re-write the activity worksheet to incorporate the local species, and purchase field guides for...

Students explore biology by identifying animals on their school ground. For this bird species lesson, students create and utilize a simple bird feeder to attract birds near their classroom at which point they observe the color, size and...

Students explore biology by creating diagrams of animal life cycles. In this baby bird lesson, students view video clips of birds being born from incubation to flying on their own. Students utilize the Internet to research birds and...

Students explore biology by participating in an animal observation lesson plan. In this bird tracking lesson plan, students discuss the different types of birds they find near their homes and identify them based on size, color and noise....

Fifth graders study traits of different bird beaks. In this bird lesson, 5th graders explore the function and usefulness of different inherited traits of birds.

Students explore biology by participating in animal class activities. In this bird identification lesson, students collaborate as a class to sing a song about ducks and read two children's books in class. Students define a list of bird...

Second graders explore biology by creating birdhouses. In this bird identification instructional activity, 2nd graders discuss the different types of birds that live in their environment and what characteristics each type of bird has....

In this mystery bird challenge activity, students use geographic information, feeding habits and a picture to identify a bird, with numerous links to web resources for help.

Students compare and contrast the attributes of winter birds. In this winter bird lesson, students examine the physical attributes of Black-capped Chickadees, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Flickers, Juncos, Nuthatches, and Tufted Titmouses as...

In this bird worksheet, students cross reference materials gathered to identify the bird pictured and fill in 7 boxes with the information gathered.

In this crows worksheet, students read 4 texts that give information about the habitat, reproduction, feeding and coloration of crows. There are no questions.

In this ducks worksheet, students read information paragraphs about the habitat, reproduction, feeding and adaptation of ducks. Students study the photograph of the bird. There are no questions to answer here.

In this bird book worksheet, students draw or paste a picture of the bird of their choice on the first page of their books. Students fill out a profile of twelve facts about the bird of their choice.

In this types of birds worksheet, students find and circle/highlight six different types of birds (robin, cardinal, woodpecker, wren, duck and sparrow) in a word search puzzle.

For this oddball out worksheet, students, in each of four rows, circle the bird that is different from the others in that same row.