Wetlands/Migration

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.

When winter comes, animals are faced with two choices: migrate to a warmer climate or hibernate until spring arrives. Explore these interesting animal behaviors with the learning activities in this elementary life science lesson. To...

A great way to incorporate math into life science, this lesson has learners measure migratory routes on a map and calculate the actual distance that shorebirds on the routes would cover. Learners compute the distance covered in both...

Divide your school gym into breeding grounds and non-breeding grounds so that your zoologists can play a game simulating the seasonal migration of shorebirds. Players pick one of the included game cards and follow its directions, which...

Students study bird migrations and the importance of wetlands.  In this migration lesson students play a game and complete a computer activity. 

Sixth graders simulate bird migration by playing a board game. In this life science lesson, 6th graders calculate how many birds were born and died in the migration process. They identify different problems encountered by the birds in...

Students identify the different functions of a wetland system and why the system is important to the St. Mary's River ecosystem and the environment. They play a migration game and write a journal about the salt marsh periwinkle and how...

Sixth graders identify wetlands and define characteristics of wetlands by examining common objects that are related to wetlands. They participate in a variety of activities including a wetland sampling activity, designing a food chain...

Students define migration and realize the dependence of wetlands for migrating birds.

Students participate in a simulation to investigate the impact of the wetland environment on the migration of birds. They discuss the patterns of migration they took and why they avoided certain wetlands.