Summary of Classroom Activities

Bird Notes	Summary: Become an ornithologist and make you own Bird Notebook about birds here in Southern California. Educational Objectives: Students will learn more about the diversity of birds in this research and writing project. Grades: 4 - 8
Bird Alphabet book	Summary: Create a bird book with pictures from A to Z. Educational Objectives: Students will learn about all different types of birds while reinforcing the alphabet. Grades: K - 3
Marsh Mural	Summary: Create a marsh habitat in your classroom and learn about all of its inhabitants, especially marsh birds. Educational Objectives: Students will learn about the birds that live in marsh habitats in this creative research project. Grades: 2 - 5
Backyard Birds: Who lives in your backyard?	Summary: Become more familiar with the birds that live in Southern California in this research project. Educational Objectives: Students will learn more about the diversity of birds and their habitats by focusing on four different habitats in California. Grades: 5 - 8
Owl and Mouse	Summary: Learn more about owl's biology, especially their amazing hearing in an interactive game. Educational Objectives: Students will learn about owl's unique adaptations to night hunting. Grades: K - 5
Hooked on Feathers	Summary: Explore the amazing construction of feathers through up close examination. Educational Objectives: Students will become familiar with feather construction. Grades: 4 - 8
Keeping warm	Summary: Learn more about the different types of feathers. In an experiment test the insulating properties of down feathers. Educational Objectives: Students will become familiar with bird biology and the important purpose feathers serve. Grades: 3 - 8
Bird Parts	Summary: Find out what makes a bird's body tick. Educational Objectives: Students will become familiar with bird biology by doing a worksheet and putting a bird together from the inside out. Grades: 2 - 5
What's for dinner?	Summary: Explore bird's feeding habits in this worksheet activity. Educational Objectives: Students will learn more about bird adaptations by studying different bird beaks and their specialized uses in a worksheet activity. Grades: 2 - 5
Whose foot is this?	Summary: Discover how birds are different depending on where they live. Educational Objectives: Students will learn about different bird's adaptations to their habitats by comparing feet shape and size in a worksheet activity. Grades: 1 - 5
Create a bird	Summary: Combine knowledge about bird adaptations and bird biology to create your own bird in a 3-D project. Educational Objectives: Students will learn what all bird's have in common as well as different bird adaptations. Grades: 1 - 5
Flashy flyers	Summary: Learn more about the importance of bird's coloration in protection and mating. Create a camouflaged bird to blend in with its surroundings. Educational Objectives: Students will learn the importance of camouflage and how bird's protect themselves. Grades: K - 5
Who is calling?	Summary: Through a hands-on experiment learn more about bird calls and how bird use the calls to communicate. Educational Objectives: Students will learn about bird communication. Grades: 3 - 5
Paper "Bird" Contest	Summary: Learn about and test out the physics of flight by designing a paper "bird". Educational Objectives: Students will test their town theories of flight. Grades: 4 - 8
Bird's Eye Story	Summary: Use your imagination to create a story from bird's eye perspective. Educational Objectives: Students will use their creativity to create a work of fiction. Grades: 3 - 8
Nest for Sale	Summary: Learn about different nest's shape and size and see for yourself how hard it is to make a nest using only the materials that a bird would. Educational Objectives: Learn about nest constriction, shape and size. Grades: 4 - 7
Bird Feeder Ideas	Summary: Make a bird feeder with your class to attract different birds to your classroom. Educational Objectives: Become familiar with birds in your backyard. Grades: K - 5
Wingspan: How do your wings measure up?	Summary: Do this math activity to learn more about the size of the California Condor compared to other birds. Educational Objectives: Learn about the diversity of birds through size comparison. Grades: 4 - 7
Endangered Species	Summary: Learn more about the efforts to save the California Condor and write a report about another endangered species and the efforts being made to save it. Educational Objectives: Become aware of the problems endangered species face. Grades:4 - 8
Bird for Sale	Summary: Explore the influence that bird's and their images have on our everyday lives by looking at products that use birds in their merchandising and creating your own bird product. Educational Objectives: Students will become aware of the role birds play in their everyday lives. Grades: 3 - 7
Oil Spill	Summary: Examine the consequences of an oil spill for a bird though a hands-on experiment. Educational Objectives: Students will become aware of the threat humans have on wild animals. Grades: 4 - 8
More Activities	Summary: A list of ideas for use in the classroom. Educational Objectives: Students will learn about bird physiology, anatomy, adaptations, flight, evolution, behavior and conservation. Grades: K - 8