Curated OER
Bald Eagle Population Graphing
Pupils create graphs to illustrate the bald eagle population. They identify the population of bald eagles in Minnesota and the United States. They create three graphs to represent the population data including a line, bar, and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Birds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] There is an amazingly wide variety of birds. Birds are vertebrates. Almost all have forelimbs modified as wings, but not all birds can fly. Learn more about birds in...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 10.18 Bird Diversity
Learn about some of the bird adaptations that help birds survive.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Can You Predict a Bird's Lifestyle Based on Its Feet?
Animals have special features that allow them to adapt to conditions in certain environments. You might not be able to dive down 3281 feet to observe the deep sea anglerfish, but in this science fair project you can discover what the...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Birds
This resource provides detailed information about birds, as well as several pictures.
Penguin Science
Penguin Science: Penguins Marching Into the Classroom
Follow Adelie Penguin families as they raise their chicks. Daily pictures (November through January) from the penguin colony on Ross Island, Antarctica. are posted with data for students to keep a field journal. Inquiry classroom...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Birds in Flight, What a Sight!
This lesson has been designed to show young scholars the unique structure that birds possess--feathers--and how they maneuver them in flight.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Birds of Colder Continents
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over birds in cold climates, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Bird in a Cage
Learn about the receptor cells in your eye's by completing this activity! In this activity, observe how by staring at one color you will see another due to adaptation of the cones in your eye.
abcteach
Abcteach: Birds
[Free Registration/Login Required] Come and check out this resource featuring printable materials on birds. This site includes poems, shape books, questions for reading comprehension and more.
Other
Explore Learning: Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Explore how environmental conditions affect the adaptation of birds in this simulation. The amount of annual precipitation on an island is controlled by you while you track changes in the thickness of bird beaks over a five-year period....