Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Te Reo Maori Activity Book
Introduce young explorers to the language of New Zealand's Maori with an activity book that includes word searches, fill-in-the-blank activities with Maori words, and prompts to illustrate native New Zealand birds.
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What Is A Raptor?
Students examine the special characteristics of raptors and discover what separates them from other birds. Students look at different photographs from the Internet or magazines of several different birds and identify the raptors based on...
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Exploring the Uses of Beaks
Students explore the uses of bird beaks in the wild by participating in experiment stations. In this bird adaptation instructional activity, students work in groups and complete experiment stations that represent different types of bird...
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Who Says?
Young scholars evaluate websites for scientific accuracy and usefulness. They explore various content evaluation criteria and observe a demonstration on evaluating web sites. They select and evaluate a website for its content information...
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Hopscotch Migration
Students examine the use of wetlands by migrating birds. They discuss reasons for the disappearance of wetlands. They discover how humans have affected wetlands as well.
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Discovering the Oasis
Students focus on the types of vegetation and animal life living around local water sources. This lesson plan can be adapted to any local water source, whether it be a lake, a river, stream or ocean. It has a particular focus on the...
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Shadow Know-How
In this fill in the blank worksheet, students identify the names of eleven birds by analyzing their bills which are shown using shadow pictures.
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Bird Worksheet - Practice Counting
In this counting and number recognition worksheet, students count the number of owls and circle the number that illustrates the answer.
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Resource Pack: Quail Island Banks Peninsula
Students look at birds that no long exist on Quail Island, those that currently are there, and ones that may be reintroduced. For this birds lesson plan, students put the birds into categories.
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Wetland Safari!
Students identify how humans, fish, plants, birds, insects and other wildlife benefit from wetland environments. They observe a wetland and its inhabitants, draw a migration map that represents how birds use wetlands in traveling long...
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Desert Animals
Students are asked if they think a roadrunner is a bird that is a fast runner or a slow runner? They are given a copy of Roadrunner Display Sheet. Students are asked how does a roadrunner protect iteself? They are given the following...
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Who Am I?
In this fill in the blank worksheet, students list the names of sixteen various species of birds with their picture counterparts. Then, students answer a bonus question determining which bird they believe drills holes in trees.
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Lords of the Night
Second graders explore bird classification, specifically owls. They dissect their own owl pellet and explain the predetor and prey relationship.
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Picture Scramble
In this picture scramble worksheet, students place scrambled pieces of
a picture in the correct place to create a full picture of different bird species. There are nine scrambled pieces for each of
the three puzzles.
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Lesson 9 Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13
Ninth graders explore Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this reading comprehension lesson, 9th graders read chapters 10, 11, 12, and 13 and discuss highlights of these chapters. Students complete reading check questions.
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Wonderfully Wild Unit
Students become familiar with local birds. In this birds instructional activity, students explore local birds through a question and answer sheet. Students complete a worksheet. Students maintain bird feeder.
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Best Nest Builders
Students construct a nest out of mud, string, sticks, and grass using only two fingers or two popsicle sticks to simulate a bird building a nest. They compare/contrast pictures of various bird nests and draw the differences between the...
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Sculpting
Students use clay, molding, and cardboard to create a sculpture of a bird and a bird house. Students complete 5 steps to making this sculpture.
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Find Feather Facts
In this birds worksheet, students click on the links to find out information about blue birds and bald eagles or wild turkeys and compare them. Students complete 2 columns in the chart.
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Making Nests
Second graders explore the lives of birds by researching their natural habitats. In this nest building lesson plan, 2nd graders investigate the craft of making a bird nest and discuss their useful qualities for the animals. Students...
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Top Table
In this craft project worksheet, students gather materials and with adult help, construct a table for feeding birds. This is an advanced project.
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Landmarks Over Time
Young scholars compare/contrast bird's-eye views of Texas cities in the 1800s to those in the 2000s through the identification of landmarks. They write a summary of how one selected city has changed over time.
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Rice Straw
Third graders read about rice farmers and their left over straw and then draw pictures that show how they help migrating birds. In this rice straw lesson plan, 3rd graders read about how the rice farmers use their straw to help the birds...
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Habitat Dynamics
Learners develop an interactive diary to record bird seed consumption. In this habitat activity, students predict and record the amount of birdseed eaten each week by birds.
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