CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 10.2 Vertebrate Diversity
Learn about the characteristics and diversity of vertebrate animals.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Burrowing Owl
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about burrowing owls with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics, habitat, and unique features.
MarineBio Conservation Society
Marine Bio: Royal Penguins
Illustrated reference tool features useful information on the royal penguin with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Peafowl
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about peafowl with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Bee Eaters
Provides basic fun facts about Bee-eaters, with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium: African Penguin
This resource provides information about the African penguin. The content includes lots of quick facts, plus a video of penguins at the aquarium.
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Build a Nest
Imagine you are a bird and use materials you find in your neighborhood to design and build a nest.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Vertebrate Kidneys
Everything you've ever wanted to know about vertebrate kidneys. Modules include Freshwater Vertebrates, Amphibians, Lizards and Snakes, Birds, Mammals, Marine Fishes. Resources can be used as classroom notes or supplemental materials.
Other
The Pet Bird Page: Parrots
This site from The Pet Bird Page is a site developed to help find, compare, and select breeds of pet parrots as well as inform parrot owners on care, raising, and training of their pet birds.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Snow Bunting
The Canadian Museum of Nature provides a concise introduction to the Snow Bunting. Find out all the basic facts about this North American bird, focusing primarily on its physical description. Pictures of the Snow Bunting are also provided.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Natural History Notebooks
This site from the Canadian Museum of Nature, a natural history museum, provides short information blurbs and fun facts on over 240 different common animals categorized by type (mammals, fish, reptiles, invertebrates, amphibians,...
University of California
Ucmp: Birds Decendents of Dinosaurs
This site from the University of California, Berkeley contains general information and links to information about the fossil record of birds, the life history of birds, the systematics of birds, and the morphology of birds.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Sage Grouse
Learn more about the Sage Grouse through this clear and concise resource. Students will find information on the characteristics, life cycle, diet, habitat, behavior and range of this type of running bird.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Birds in Flight, What a Sight!
This lesson has been designed to show students the unique structure that birds possess--feathers--and how they maneuver them in flight.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Animal Kingdom
Background information about all of the classes of the animal kingdom, followed by four short lesson plan outlines.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: What Is a Bird?
For this activity, students compare pictures of birds and other animals to see what characteristics are unique to birds.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: What Actions Should Be Taken for Wade Island Birds?
Examine efforts of national, state, and local governments to protect birds in their natural habitats.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: American Bald Eagle Status in Your State
What is the status of the bald eagle in your state? Investigate the population of the once endangered national bird in the states. Understand why birds of prey are protected in the United States.
Text Project
Text project.org: Fyi for Kids: Bird Nests [Pdf]
Download this PDF for an informtional text about the nests built by different types of birds.
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Usfws: Schoolyard Habitat
This informative site from the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service instructs teachers and students on how to create a wildlife habitat on school grounds.
PBS
Pbs teachers:n.a.m.i.b. (Namib Animal Mobile of Interesting Birds)
Identify the birds of the Namib desert, describe the different environments in which birds live in the Namib Desert and build a bird mobile.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Feed the Birds
Instructions for building a bird feeder and for keeping a journal of observations about the birds that come to feed.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:flying Casanovas: Bowerbird Basics
Examine characteristics of bowerbirds and their bowers. Compare and contrast various styles of bowers created by bowerbirds