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Gliders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and build a small glider. They see how the flight of a bird is similar to the flight of a sailplane. They explain how birds get their thrust and how they control their direction of flight.
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Bird Brained?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify general abilities that indicate animal cognitive intelligence. In this biology lesson plan, students create an intelligence testing challenge for ravens. They compare its ability to that of a crow.
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Migration

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study reasons for and examples of bird migration as a behavioral adaptation. They investigate the Bernoulli's Principles.
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Osprey Journey

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate the migration route of one bird, Osprey B4, using information gathered from satellites to track birds over a two-year period. They coimpare their graphs with maps of B4's migrations that have been plotted by...
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Migration of the Neo-Tropical Songbirds

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders plot the migration of birds using Google Earth. In this instructional activity on bird migration, 5th graders work in groups to plot the migration of a group of birds using Google Earth. Students present and discuss their...
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Name Scramble

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this name scramble worksheet, learners practice the skill of unscrambling the names of ten birds for mastery. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Name Scramble

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this name scramble worksheet, students practice the skill of unscrambling ten various types of birds. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Flightless Birds and Scientific Research

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the work done by various scientists on Antarctica. In this biology lesson plan, students play the role of researchers who must justify the importance of their study. They create a multimedia presentation about a...
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The Beaks of the Finches

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become birds and are given "beak-types". After completing the simulation, students relate results to adaptations and natural selection. Extensions of the simulation allow for comparative results and include population genetics.
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Airplanes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice multiplication using factors to 5. They discuss the wings of birds and the wings of airplanes and complete activity sheet. Afterwards, they number and draw groups of airplanes.
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3rd grade life science

For Teachers 3rd
In this life science worksheet, 3rd graders answer multiple choice questions about plants, birds, habitats, and more. Students complete 20 questions.
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Wetlands/Migration

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners 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.
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Invasion of the (Cactus) Booty Snatchers

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students, in groups of four,identify and analyze relationships among birds within a population, a community and an urban ecosystem. They fill out, while they're completing their experiments, a Populations of Birds Student Data Sheet.
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Amazing Bird Adaptions--Why Am I A Bird?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and classify birds found in Illinois. Using the internet, they discover how birds have adapted over time and how the adaptations have increased their life span. They compare and contrast the various adaptations...
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Bird Banter

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students listen to examples of common bird songs of birds found in Illinois. As a class, they discover the importance between the differences in songs and calls. They practice making their own bird calls and songs to end the lesson.
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Bird Research: Your First Investigation

For Students 4th - 5th
In this bird research worksheet, students keep a notebook and record their observations every day for a week about the birds they see with discussion questions at the end of the week.
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Marine & Aquatic Habitats Activities - Estuaries Are for the Birds!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students recognize that birds act as indicators of pollution because of their sensitivity to environmental change, and role play the manner in which marine debris can be hazardous to waterfowl.
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Birds Matching Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this classifying birds learning exercise, students draw a line from each bird name on the left to the matching picture of the bird on the right.
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Birds Handwriting Worksheet

For Students 1st
In this tracing birds worksheet, 1st graders enhance their printing skills by tracing the bird words of Eagle, Cardinal, Parrot, and Owl.
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Counting Worksheet - Birds

For Students K - 1st
In this bird counting worksheet, students read the specific directions listed in each box of birds. Students then circle the number of birds listed in that specific box.
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Birds (2)

For Students K - 3rd
In this birds worksheet, students locate and circle/highlight the 31 different types of birds listed at the bottom of the worksheet in a word search puzzle.
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Bird Bulletins

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students, in groups, create a survey to investigate how much their community knows about birds. They graph their findings using a bar graph. Using the data collected, they develop an advertising campaign to increase community awareness...
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Birds of Prey Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this birds of prey word search worksheet, students search for the names of 19 birds of prey that are hidden in the puzzle. They search for words such as kielder, osprey, sparrow hawk, and vulture.
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Birds in a Nest Word Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 8 words in a word bank that pertain to a bird family in a nest. Students find the words in a word search puzzle and color the picture on the page.

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