Bird Unit Study, Week 2: Lesson Plan

Birds to review two each day:

• mockingbirds - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mockingbird
  
• mockingbird song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779OWVW4G6o
• cardinal: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Northern_Cardinal.html
• cardinal bird song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI8t6nhlgg
  
• chickadee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_(bird)
• chickadee bird song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvJagVJxLtw&feature=related
• goldfinch: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Goldfinch.html
• goldfinch song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSnWGAq1Los
• Blue Jays: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_jay
• blue jay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96NLezGF0_o
• sparrow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparrow
• sparrow song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PYZeVT_M5E

Nests and Care of Young

• bald eagle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOT_zz4ptB8&feature=related
• penguins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxpD4UMci8A
• flamingo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxNniujV-Qo

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday

• Try to identify the birds in your area by color, markings, and song. Try to draw them.
• Put food out for the birds... use peanuts to make a bird garland, halve oranges and string on trees
• start a bird log
• on any nice days/feeling good days go walk around the park to view the birds
  

Tuesday

• eat a bird lunch: ants on a log (celery with peanut butter and raisins), sunflower seeds, nectar (soda) through a straw, snakes (hot dogs), fruits.
• fill/create bird feeders, sew peanuts on a string to create edible garland for birds

Wednesday

• cover one cloth with shortening, and leave the other shortening free. Spray water on the two cloths to demonstrate how a duck waterproofs feathers.

Thursday

• Compare a chicken bone to a cow bone.