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National Wildlife Federation

Massive Migrations: Grades K-4

For Teachers K - 4th
Bird migration is a fascinating behavior. Budding scientists experience their own migrations using the school grounds for their flight patterns. They follow a map that leads them through a migration pattern that includes stops for...
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Curated OER

The Science of Flight in Relationship to Birds and Gliders

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study man's first form of flight which truly imitated the free-flight of birds--the glider. They examine such important contributions to the invention of the glider, such as Sir George Cayley, Jean Marie LeBris, Otto Lilienthal...
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Curated OER

Bringing Up Birdy

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore biology by creating diagrams of animal life cycles. In this baby bird lesson, students view video clips of birds being born from incubation to flying on their own. Students utilize the Internet to research birds and...
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Curated OER

Verterbrate Classification

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students are introduced to the broad categories of vertebrates including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. They identify the characteristics of each group and then view slideshows and video of example species.
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Curated OER

A Penguin is a Bird

For Teachers K - 5th
Students compare and contrast the ways that penguins are different to flying birds.
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Curated OER

Structure of Flight

For Students 9th - 12th
In this flight worksheet, students will review the structures found in organisms that allow them to fly. The function of these structures will also be explored. This worksheet has 10 crossword, 5 true or false, 5 multiple choice, and 1...
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Curated OER

Bird airport control

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify the various species of birds found in the wetlands. Students observe and record the key skills involved in scientific inquiry. Students handle and interpret data gathered on a field trip which reveals patterns and...
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Curated OER

Birds

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this bird worksheet, learners read ten statements about birds and identify them as fact or opinion. Afterward, they complete a word search puzzle and identify 20 words dealing with birds. An answer sheet is provided.
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Curated OER

Reptiles and Birds

For Students 9th - 12th
In this reptile and bird worksheet, students will read a paragraph about reptile characteristics and then answer 2 short answer questions. Then students will read a paragraph about bird characteristics and complete 2 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

The Pressure's Off II - Flight

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate what allows air plane to fly, why birds can fly and why people can't. They construct a giant hot air balloon that can be launched using only a hair dryer.
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Curated OER

Learning Bird Traits

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners draw and label a bird. In this bird traits instructional activity, students learn what traits make a bird different from other animals. Learners are taught how to draw a bird and are expected to label the various body parts they...
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Curated OER

Art: Drawing Ducks in Their Natural Habitats

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore various waterfowl species and discover how duck stamps are used. After researching specific types of birds for a stamp competition, they draw the birds in various natural settings. Before sending the submissions,...
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Curated OER

Migration Activation

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars play the role of migrating birds. As a class, they simulate a migration of birds to one place and back again. They relate their habitat size and changes to their current population numbers. They discover the many dangers...
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Curated OER

Migration Mania

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the migratory patterns of four different animals. Reasons for the migration and migratory distances are investigated in this activity.
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Curated OER

PERSISTENCE OF VISION

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore how vision effects viewing.  In this vision lesson students build a persistence of vision model of flying birds.
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Curated OER

Force and Gliders

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore physics by creating data graphs in class. In this flight properties lesson, students read the book Flying Machine and identify the force, resistance and construction necessary to keep a glider in the air. Learners...
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Curated OER

In From Out of Town

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore how the introduction of foreign species negatively affects native Hawaiian bird species. In this science lesson, students discuss how various species were introduced to Hawaii and the effects of these species on native...
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Curated OER

As a Bird Flies or as a Submarine Dives...

For Students 4th - 6th
In this geography worksheet, students look critically at a map containing a variety of different directions. Students answer 2 short answer questions regarding giving someone the best directions from point A to point B.
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Curated OER

Flying High in Our Imaginations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students visualize they are any bird they want to be and visually create their surroundings. They share the type of bird they were and the surroundings with their peers. They read a chapter of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and...
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Curated OER

Learning About Korea Through Its Kites

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read The Korean Magpie, discuss basic concerns and techniques in flying a kite, including being safe and partnering with the wind, and decorate, construct, and fly Korean Bird Kite.
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Curated OER

Rockets!!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students launch a rocket.  In this laws of motion lesson, students discuss the forces of flight, how a plane flies and how a rocket gets off the ground.  Students watch a video about rocket launches, discuss Newton's Third Law of Motion...
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Curated OER

Amelia the Pigeon: Lesson 1

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students listen to the story, Amelia the Pigeon, predicting Amelia's story and creating their own stories of Amelia's flight using pictures of New York City. They build views of their neighborhood by pulling together drawings from the...
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Curated OER

Mountain Biking - Riding Downhill

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Mountain bike riding, zipping up and down dirt trails, flying through the air, the smell of trees all around, the sound of birds chirping, this is idyllic! Yet it is also a lot of hard work. Balance is the key, whether going uphill,...
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K5 Learning

Ray and His Kite

For Students 4th Standards
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a comet? Learn about the mysterious light that appears in the sky one night with a short reading passage and accompanying comprehension questions.

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