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Proportions in Flight

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore physics by utilizing their math skills. In this flight properties instructional activity, 6th graders examine the flying capabilities of planes and birds. Students utilize math to find how many wing-beats are needed...
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Bird Airport Control

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars visit a local wetland and record observations of waterfowl on downloadable worksheets. They compile class data and list similarities and differences among species of birds observed.
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Bird and Dog Race

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Your pupil's pet dog and bird are racing down the city streets. In order to know who is going to win, they better know something about calculating rates, the Pythagorean Theorem, and applying those topics to the map of the city. 
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Flight in Nature: Birds!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover how flight works by researching birds.  In this animal life instructional activity, students utilize the Internet to find information about the four aspects of flight.  Students define the four aspects and label a...
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Proportions in Flight

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders calculate wingspan and the body length of the birds and understand how they relate to how the bird flies. In this wingspan lesson plan, 6th graders also calculate their own "wing span" with their arms.
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All About Birds

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students study different kinds of birds, and demonstrate reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.
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Birds

For Students 6th - 12th
In this biology worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 34 questions on bird classification and characteristics.
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The Art of "Green" Flying

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create an airship that doesn't use fossil fuel. In this flying lesson, students research different types of flying machines that only use wind power. They discuss invention designs by Alexander Graham Bell and Leonardo Da Vinci...
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Name That Bird

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view web sites about Birding. They explore how to identify species using a bird's silhouette, posture, size, flight patterns and habitat. They practice birdwatching and notetaking in the outdoors.
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Bird Beaks and Feet

For Students 4th - 12th
In this bird adaptations worksheet, students look at different bird pictures and determine what the bird eats and where it lives by looking at its beak and feet. Students complete a graphic organizer and 5 short answer questions.
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Common Backyard Birds

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will focus on the names of common backyard birds. Students will locate the names of 16 birds in the word search.
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Coriolis Effect: Flying... South?

For Students 9th - 12th
It turns out there's a lot more to heading south for the winter for migratory birds! Study the Coriolis Effect with a fun, hands-on teaching tool. Pupils take to the skies as a small red bird bound for the tropics from his frosty home at...
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For The Birds Challenge

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this bird instructional activity, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions about features of birds. A reference web site is given, but no information about birds is contained in instructional activity.
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Birds

For Students 8th - 12th
In this birds worksheet, students review the characteristics of birds including their adaptations for flight. Students review the diversity of bird adaptations. This worksheet has 4 short answer, 7 true or false, 6 matching, and 3 fill...
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Beautiful Birds: Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
For this birds reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short non-fiction selections about the characteristics of birds. They answer 10 questions based on the reading which include true or false, short answer, and multiple choice.
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Flight 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are introduced to two of the four principles of flight: drag and thrust. As the class watches a video on these principles, they utilize ballons, straws and clothepins to simulate what they're seeing in the show. Nice, hands-on...
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Bird Watching 101

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the basics of bird watching, finding and interpreting bird clues and attracting birds to a particular location or habitat. They go on a birding hike after a lecture on what to look and listen for in the woods.
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Look Up - Birds

For Teachers K
Students investigate the concept of birds. They identify five different types of birds and name the characteristics that make them different than other living things. Students also name the different parts of the bird and how they are...
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Birds Learning Cycle Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the various adaptations of birds and compare differences and similarities of different birds.
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Bird Quiz Worksheet

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this bird quiz worksheet, students complete a 14 question page about birds. They answer a variety of question types including true and false, matching, and multiple choice. They check their answers with the word bank at the bottom of...
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Drawing Birds

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss what they know about birds and share picture books. They read text on the page and discuss the question and draw the flying bird on their paper by having them look at the color drawing of the bird.
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What Birds Are Flying Around Your Schoolyard?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students conduct a long-term census for the birds that are seen or heard around their schoolyard. They practice identifying birds using field guides and then count and record the birds in fifteen minute sessions every other day for four...
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Flight Formation: The V's Have It!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Read, revisit, and reflect. Older elementary students summarize main idea 6using key details. They consider the V formation that birds fly in, summarize an informational text, and write critical thinking questions.
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Is a bat a bird?

For Teachers 1st
Provide a concise description of why a bat is not a bird by comparing their traits. This presentation defines both birds and flying mammals, explaining how they are similar and how they are different. Note: This PowerPoint is great for...

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