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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bird Interdisciplinary Possibilities

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore birds, their territory, breeding, and seasonal movement. They research and collect information on birds through writing letters to ornithologists, reading in books, comparing web sites, and observing pictures. Students...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Jarrod Studies Birds

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from WILD TV, an ornithologist describes his job. [1:17]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: An Ornithologist's Job

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from WILD TV, an ornithologist describes his job. [3:54]
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution: Scientists at the Smithsonian

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of video interviews with twenty Smithsonian scientists who work in a scientific areas as vastly different as measuring the moon and figuring out what kinds of birds collide with aircraft. An interesting way to...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Konrad Lorenz

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides biographical information on Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist and ornithologist.He is credited with re-discovering the principle of animal imprinting.
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Other

Environmental Science: Environmental Science Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this list of close to fifty science careers with a connection and focus on environmental science. Also compare average salaries of each.