This is a lesson of how to improve our environment as well as how to enjoy it. The students will sit in the schoolyard, study pictures of birds and then compile similarities and differences. Students will observe live birds in the yard to discover what makes a bird a bird. They will learn why we do not have any birds in our yard and what things we need to add to attract birds. The students will use their journals to make notes, draw pictures, and write findings. As the lessons advance, the students will count the bird to determine mean, median, mode and range.