Water's Edge Café

Students play a game of hopscotch as they simulate birds migrating north through wetlands. They compare the game to real bird migration and discuss how the health of the wetlands is proportional to the health of birds.

Students visit a local wetland and record observations of waterfowl on downloadable worksheets. They compile class data and list similarities and differences among species of birds observed.

Students determine

Students role play a living wetland food web. They trace the food web associated with the items in their lunch.

Students perform a number of activities that mimic flamingo actions and displays. The class discusses why animals behave in certain ways, and how behavioral adaptations help animals to survive.

In this science quiz worksheet, students read about ducks migrating along flyways. They answer 5 questions based on a map of the United States. They answer true and false, and multiple choice questions.

Pupils, through the media of dance and drama, discover how an animal's behavior helps them to survive in the environment. They practice performing or mimicking how a flamingo's acts and positions itself when being observed. The students...

Learners use a hopscotch course to simulate the problems birds incur as they are migrating due to loss of wetlands.

Students define adaptation and highlight example of adaptation in birds and other animals. They study feeding techniques of seabirds and investigate the effect that trash has on wildlife.

Students create a poster about the three main uses of forest lands. For this forest lesson plan, students focus on its economic use, environmental use, and recreation use.