Instructional Video5:33
Curated Video

Raptor Characteristics

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video explores the fascinating world of raptors, or birds of prey. From hawks and eagles to falcons and vultures, these majestic creatures possess exceptional eyesight, strong grip, and curved beaks for tearing at their prey....
Instructional Video7:01
Curated Video

Eagles: Predators of the Skies

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video provides an overview of Eagles, highlighting their iconic appearance, hunting abilities, and unique behaviors. It explores their solitary nature, complex migratory patterns, and territorial behavior. The video also discusses...
Instructional Video2:43
PBS

Seasonal Science: Raptor Migration

6th - 12th Standards
45 percent of all raptors migrate, but they don't follow the paths of other migrating birds. An extensive Seasonal Science series introduces the unique migration process of raptors. The narrator explains the extremely small migration...
Instructional Video7:01
Curated OER

Jurassic Fight Club: T-Rex vs. Raptors - Part 1/2

4th - 12th
Fight or flight response and physical prowess is examined in this seven-minute video. Using evidence and a knowledge of animal behavior, scientists were able to show how the bird-like raptor attacked its prey. Studying dinosaur behavior...
Instructional Video6:17
Curated OER

Jurassic Fight Club: T-Rex vs. Raptors - Part 2/2

4th - 12th
The battle for survival between the duckbill and a pack of raptors progresses in this continuation of Jurassic Fight Club. This clip is highly dramatized and personifies the dinosaurs in a sensationalist way which takes the emphasis off...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: The Biology of Birds of Prey

9th - 10th
We'll check in with biologists studying American kestrels, prairie falcons, red-tailed hawks, and other raptors that nest in Idaho's Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area. Plus, bringing back the California condor.
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Dinosaurs With Feathers, or Primitive Birds?

9th - 10th
NPR reports on an exhibit at San Diego's Natural History Museum, which features 120-million-year-old fossils discovered in northeastern China that reveal a link between birds and dinosaurs.