Set up a 50x50 square foot area in a space at school and choose three days to go outside and observe the birds seen in a 10 minute span. The activity has learners tapping into their observation skills and creates awareness of the birds in their school yard.

Concepts

making observations, observational skills, birds, bird attributes, bird beaks

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners share their data with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Celebrate Urban Birds website
• Set up bird feeders outside of the classroom window for observing or simply take supervised walks around the school
• Provide learners with a clipboard and other observation tools such as binoculars for the activity

Classroom Considerations

• Intended for observing birds in urban areas

Pros

• Reinforces observation skills and the collection of data
• Comes with a bird guide for easy bird watching

Cons

• None