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Worksheet
Curated OER

Woodpecker Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this woodpecker word search, students use fourteen words in the word bank to find the letters in the word search about woodpeckers.
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Organizer
Curated OER

What is a Woodland Habitat?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this habitat worksheet, students will complete a Venn diagram by comparing and contrasting an owl and a woodpecker found in a woodland habitat.
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Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How the Woodpecker Avoids a Headache

For Students 5th - 9th
This diagram from Rainbird Publishing describes the specialized physical characteristics that allow woodpeckers to create some of the most secure nests in the bird world.
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Unit Plan
Language Guide

Language Guide: Los Pajaros

For Students 9th - 10th
Colorful pictures display birds of all kinds. You can hear the correct Spanish pronunciation and see the correct spelling by dragging your mouse over the picture.
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Website
Canadian Wildlife Federation

Hinterland Who's Who: Downy Woodpecker

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts about the Downy Woodpecker, eastern North America's most common woodpecker. Besides finding a detailed physical description of the smallest member of the woodpecker family, you'll also learn about some of this bird's unique...
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Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Downy Woodpecker

For Students 9th - 10th
What do you know about the downy woodpecker? Come and explore this educational resource featuring information on the diet, habitat, life cycle, behavior, characteristics and range of this land bird. You can also listen to this land...
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Article
Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Woodpecker

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive wildlife site provides extensive data on the Woodpecker. Discover more about its diet, population, range, behavior and more. Be sure to click on the video icon to watch a short clip on this amazing animal!
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Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Woodpecker (Picidae)

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the picidae, otherwise known as the woodpecker.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Ivory Billed Woodpecker Returns

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird that was once perceived to be extinct due to excessive logging. This passage is a stand-alone curricular...
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Handout
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: American Three Toed Woodpecker

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to a great number of facts, this detailed site presents several photos and sounds of the American Three-toed Woodpecker.
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Handout
Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Fact Sheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find fact sheets on over 50 species of animals. Find an animal by where it lives in the world, and learn all about it.
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

For Students 9th - 10th
Briefly described are the characteristics and feeding habits of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. This is of one of the few species of migratory woodpeckers. Two pictures provide a close up view.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Downy Woodpecker

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What do you know about the downy woodpecker? Come and explore this educational resource featuring information on the diet, habitat, life cycle, behavior, characteristics and range of this land bird. You can also listen to this land...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Downy Woodpecker

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What do you know about the downy woodpecker? Come and explore this educational resource featuring information on the diet, habitat, life cycle, behavior, characteristics and range of this land bird. You can also listen to this land...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Downy Woodpecker

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What do you know about the downy woodpecker? Come and explore this educational resource featuring information on the diet, habitat, life cycle, behavior, characteristics and range of this land bird. You can also listen to this land...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Downy Woodpecker

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What do you know about the downy woodpecker? Come and explore this educational resource featuring information on the diet, habitat, life cycle, behavior, characteristics and range of this land bird. You can also listen to this land...
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Graphic
Curated OER

American Three Toed Woodpecker, Male

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to a great number of facts, this detailed site presents several photos and sounds of the American Three-toed Woodpecker.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Three Toed Woodpecker

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to a great number of facts, this detailed site presents several photos and sounds of the American Three-toed Woodpecker.
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Graphic
Curated OER

American Three Toed Woodpecker,

For Students 9th - 10th
female
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Graphic
Curated OER

Three Toed Woodpecker

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to a great number of facts, this detailed site presents several photos and sounds of the American Three-toed Woodpecker.