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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Changing Planet: Adaptation of Species (Birds and Butterflies)

For Teachers 5th - 9th
A video about the impact of climate change on butterfly populations and a PowerPoint about butterfly and bird adaptations warm science learners up for the activity to follow. Using a variety of tools that reprsent unique styles of bird...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bird Brilliance!

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore natural resources and search outdoors to find materials to create a bird's nest. In this bird's natural resources lesson, 1st graders listen to a book about birds and reflect on the various things birds use to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Came To Our Bird Table?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, young scholars graph the diet of the birds for each day of the week. They sort the meals into the different types of foods categories.
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Lesson Plan
Science 4 Inquiry

At the Top: A Bald Eagle's Diet

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Bald eagles are opportunistic predators and eat fish as well as raccoons and other mammals. Pupils learn about bald eagle diets through a simple simulation and videos. They collect and analyze data to understand the adaptability of this...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water's Edge Café

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students observe water birds feeding at a local wetland, record what they see, and construct an appropriate menu for a "Waterfowl Cafe." They also play a "flocking" game.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bird Ecology Unit

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders conduct various activities utilizing the scientific method to formulate a hypothesis, conduct a controlled experiment, collect and analyze the data and communicate their results through a poster. They also identify...
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Organizer
Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Build a Hawaiian Bird

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders make a model of a bird.  In this animal adaptations lesson, 5th graders examine how birds adapt to their environment, using Hawaiian birds as an example. Students create their own bird using adaptation paper cut outs then...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Birds

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this birds worksheet, students choose the correct words to complete sentences about birds and complete a word search. Students complete 2 activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Costa Rica's Sustainable Coffee

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students experiment to see if birds prefer to eat bird seed with additives vs. no  additives.  In this experimental lesson students test to see if birds notice a difference between additive and no additive food. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigating Tropical Birds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate tropical birds. They write letters for rain forest preservation to protect tropical birds. They interview a bird professional from a local bird store or a zoo and discuss how to take care of a parrot. They use Kid...
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Handout
ProCon

Vegetarianism

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What do Mike Tyson, Ellen DeGeneres, and Paul McCartney have in common? They're all famous vegetarians. Using the resource, scholars learn about the pros and cons of eating a vegetarian diet. They read a fascinating history of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teeth and Eating

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students conduct online research of different animals and their diet. In this animal instructional activity, students identify the various types of diets each animals has and their teeth. This research is done on the Internet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ducks

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore and learn about the habitats, diets, and specific attributes of various species of ducks. Students know the names of at least seven species of ducks and at least five criteria for identifying species of ducks.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning Bird Traits

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students draw and label a bird. In this bird traits lesson, students learn what traits make a bird different from other animals. Students are taught how to draw a bird and are expected to label the various body parts they drew.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animals and Their Food

For Students Pre-K - K
In this animal food matching worksheet, students draw a line from the cow, giraffe, and bird to the food picture that goes with it in another column.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water's Edge Cafe

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners determine
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Layers of the Rainforest

For Teachers 2nd
What a great way to discuss the rainforest! Learners discuss the importance of adaptation in the environment and how it is linked to survival. They use critical thinking and inference skills to place animals and insects in the different...
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

What's This? Feeding

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Some species have pretty creative methods for catching food. Young scientists learn about some interesting ways organisms get the nutrients they need by navigating an online interactive lesson that would be suitable for a remote learning...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Crack the Secret Code-- Health Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this health worksheet, students learn about proper diet and exercise by reading the cartoons and deciphering a secret code about health.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Puffin Patrol

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Bird diversity and the majestic puffin are the topics of today's lesson. Children discuss and look at images of puffins, and then they use felt to put a puffin body together. After that they talk about what and how puffins eat. They get...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Radical Raptors

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students are introduced to raptors and their role in the environment. They identify three characteristics of raptors and list several types of raptors found in nature. They discuss their positive and negative experiences with raptors and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Barn Owl Pellet Lab

For Students 9th - 12th
For this lab worksheet, students dissect a barn owl pellet then identify the different small animals found in the owl pellet. Using class data they calculate percentage present as well as complete 8 post lab questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating a Food Web

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate hunters and prey by creating a food web.  In this animal life lesson, students investigate a single organism in preparation for a field trip, discovering its diet and habitat.  Students each discuss their animal with...