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Lesson Plan:
A Bird Haven
Overview: This lesson is designed for students in grades 8-10 who are studying Biology, General Science, or Earth Science. A class with approximately 25 students will be divided up into 5 separate groups, each containing 5 students each.
Description: Each group will design a forest, which must be suitable for at least 7 different types of birds to survive there. Students must use the Internet to research for the birds. Their birds must be compatible to the ...
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Grades K-5
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Grades 9-12
Astronomy/Space
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Economics
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History
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9-12 > Animals
Grade level: 9-12Subject: AnimalsDuration: Three class periods
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Grades K-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Astronomy/Space
Contemporary Studies
Earth Science
Economics
Forensic Science
Geography
Health
History
Ancient History
U.S. History
World History
Life Science
Animals
Ecology
Human Body
The Microscopic World
Plants
Literature
Mathematics
Physical Science
Technology
Weather
6-8 > Animals
Grade level: 6-8Subject: AnimalsDuration: One class period
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The Penguin Thematic Unit Page
by Retha Foxworth
THEME: Penguins
Grade Level: 3
Focus: Students will explore penguins and expand their knowledge of penguins to include different types of penguins, their behavior, habitat, communication, diet and eating habits and conservation.
Objectives: On completion of this thematic unit, students will:
Know the names of at least (9) penguins.
Compare sizes and physical characteristics that distinguish one group of penguins from ...
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Be a Birder
GRADE LEVEL: 3-6
SUBJECTS: Science, Fine Arts, Language Arts, Career Education
SKILLS: observation, classification, data collection, art appreciation
CORRELATION TO STATE GOALS FOR LEARNING: Fine Arts (3), Science (4), Language Arts (1,3)
OBJECTIVE: Students will demonstrate the ability to locate and identify birds.
BACKGROUND: Birding in America started with John James Audubon's (1785-1851) travels and publication of his collection of paintings of more than 1,000 b ...
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Bird Banter
GRADE LEVEL: 3-8
SUBJECTS: Science, Language Arts, Music
SKILLS: mapping, observation, communication, data collection
CORRELATION TO STATE GOALS FOR LEARNING: Science (4), Language Arts (2,4)
OBJECTIVE: Students will recognize some bird songs of common Illinois species and the importance and differences between songs and calls.
BACKGROUND: Communication is important to birds, especially in habitats where vegetation impedes vision, such as forests, grasslands and we ...
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Birds of a Feather
GRADE LEVEL: 4-6
SUBJECTS: Science, Language Arts, Fine Arts
SKILLS: observation, classification, data collection, writing
CORRELATION TO STATE GOALS FOR LEARNING: Fine Arts (3), Science (4), Language Arts (1,2,3,4)
OBJECTIVE: Students will distinquish the major classifications of birds and the characteristics of related birds.
BACKGROUND: Birds that have similar characteristics are placed in categories as a "family." Scientists use keys to classify relatio ...
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Hello, Mate
GRADE LEVEL: 4-6
SUBJECTS: Fine Arts, Science, Language Arts
SKILLS: grouping, communications, problem-solving, decisionn-making, role-playing, reasoning, observation, classification, inference
CORRELATION TO STATE GOALS FOR LEARNING: Fine Arts (4), Science (1,4), Language Arts (1,2,4)
OBJECTIVE: Students will describe the function of bird courtship and recognize that courtship and mating consume a great amount of time and energy.
BACKGROUND: Most birds are in the ...
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Home Tweet Home
GRADE LEVEL: 4-5
SUBJECTS: Science, Fine Arts, Geography, Language Arts
SKILLS: observation, classification, inference, prediction
CORRELATION TO STATE GOALS FOR LEARNING: Fine Arts (3,5), Science (1,4), Language Arts (1,2,4)
OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to identify the four major habitats of Illinois and generalize how habitats provide specific needs of birds. Students will also recognize that birds may live in many different areas.
BACKGROUND: Habitat cons ...
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House Plans
GRADE LEVEL: 3-8
SUBJECTS: Science, Fine Arts, Engineering, Language Arts
SKILLS: observation, classification, prediction, interpretation
CORRELATION TO STATE GOALS FOR LEARNING: Fine Arts (3,5), Science (4), Language Arts (2,3,4)
OBJECTIVE: Students will identify the various kinds of natural materials used in making a nest and evaluate the amount of effort expended.
BACKGROUND: Birds spend varying amounts of time and energy constructing their nests. Some spend day ...
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Moving Day
GRADE LEVEL: 4-7
SUBJECTS: Language Arts, Science, Math, Geography
SKILLS: observation, inference, prediction
CORRELATION TO STATE GOALS FOR LEARNING: Language Arts (1,3), Science (1,4), Math (6), Social Science (5)
OBJECTIVE: Students will recognize why some birds migrate, describing the complex processes, and identify the hazards encountered during migration.
BACKGROUND: More than one-third of the world's birds migrate. Migration is a mechanism allowing birds to ad ...
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Natural Tools
GRADE LEVEL: 3-6
SUBJECTS: Science, Language Arts
SKILLS: observation, classification, comparison
CORRELATION TO STATE GOALS FOR LEARNING: Science (4), Language Arts (2,4)
OBJECTIVE: Students will recognize general types of bird beaks and the food each beak is best adapted for.
BACKGROUND: The bird world contains an amazing variety of beaks. Beaks are used for eating, defense, feeding young, gathering nesting materials, building nests, preening, scratching, courti ...
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What Makes a Bird a Bird?
GRADE LEVEL: 4-7
SUBJECTS: Science, Fine Arts, Language Arts
SKILLS: observation, classification
CORRELATION TO STATE GOALS FOR LEARNING: Fine Arts (4), Science (4), Language Arts (1,2,3)
OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to identify the four characteristics by which birds are defined.
BACKGROUND: There are more than 9,000 species of birds in the world, with about 800 found in North America. More than 400 species have been recorded in Illinois, 205 of w ...
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Cardinal
To Feed or Not to Feed - That is the Question!
Kris Tobias' Ecosystem Case Study
Click the red ladybugs below for activities about information in the story.
To return to your place in the story, click on the "Back" button.
"Hey, Mom, Dad! Look what I found! It's a bird feast. We can eat here the rest of our lives and never search for food again. We're set forever. This is fat city!" Kenny Cardinal was very excited. He felt that the cardinal family had discoverd a gold m ...
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