Classroom Activities
The list below contains links to activities designed to help young people develop an appreciation, respect and understanding of the diversity and nature of birds.
| Who's foot is this? | Summary: Discover how
birds' feet are different depending on where they live.
Educational Objectives: Students will learn about different bird's adaptations to their habitats by comparing feet shape and size in a worksheet activity. Grades: 1 - 5 |
| Beaks to Eats | Summary: Discover how
birds' beaks are different depending on where they live.
Educational Objectives: Students will learn about different bird's adaptations to their habitats by comparing beak shape and size in a worksheet activity. Grades: 1 - 5 |
| Bird Alphabet book | Summary: Create a bird
book with pictures from A to Z.
Educational Objectives: Students will learn about all different types of birds while reinforcing the alphabet. Grades: K - 3 |
| Marsh Mural | Summary: Create a marsh
habitat in your classroom and learn about all of its inhabitants, especially
marsh birds.
Educational Objectives: Students will learn about the birds that live in marsh habitats in this creative research project. Grades: 2 - 5 |
| Owl and Mouse | Summary: Learn more
about owl's biology, especially their amazing hearing in an interactive
game.
Educational Objectives: Students will learn about owl's unique adaptations to night hunting. Grades: K - 5 |
| Hooked on Feathers | Summary: Explore the
amazing construction of feathers through up close examination.
Educational Objectives: Students will become familiar with feather construction. Grades: 4 - 8 |
| Keeping warm | Summary: Learn more
about the different types of feathers. In an experiment test the insulating
properties of down feathers.
Educational Objectives: Students will become familiar with bird biology and the important purpose feathers serve. Grades: 3 - 8 |
| What's for dinner? | Summary: Explore bird's
feeding habits in this worksheet activity.
Educational Objectives: Students will learn more about bird adaptations by studying different bird beaks and their specialized uses in a worksheet activity. Grades: 2 - 5 |
| Create a bird | Summary: Combine knowledge
about bird adaptations and bird biology to create your own bird in a 3-D
project.
Educational Objectives: Students will learn what all bird's have in common as well as different bird adaptations. Grades: 1 - 5 |
| Flashy flyers | Summary: Learn more
about the importance of bird's coloration in protection and mating. Create
a camouflaged bird to blend in with its surroundings.
Educational Objectives: Students will learn the importance of camouflage and how bird's protect themselves. Grades: K - 5 |
| Who is calling? | Summary: Through a
hands-on experiment learn more about bird calls and how bird use the calls
to communicate.
Educational Objectives: Students will learn about bird communication. Grades: 3 - 5 |
| Bird's Eye Story | Summary: Use your imagination
to create a story from bird's eye perspective.
Educational Objectives: Students will use their creativity to create a work of fiction. Grades: 3 - 8 |
| Nest for Sale | Summary: Learn about
different nest's shape and size and see for yourself how hard it is to make
a nest using only the materials that a bird would.
Educational Objectives: Learn about nest constriction, shape and size. Grades: 4 - 7 |
| Bird Feeder Ideas | Summary: Make a bird
feeder with your class to attract different birds to your classroom.
Educational Objectives: Become familiar with birds in your backyard. Grades: K - 5 |
| Endangered Species | Summary: Learn more
about the efforts to save the California Condor and write a report about
another endangered species and the efforts being made to save it.
Educational Objectives: Become aware of the problems endangered species face. Grades:4 - 8 |