BirdSleuth:
Most Wanted Birds
(PowerPoint)
Open your
students' eyes to the birds all around them! The Most Wanted Birds kit
includes full-color focus cards, interactive computer-based bird ID
quizzes, posters, and hands-on activities. Your students will learn how
to identify the birds in your schoolyard and to report their bird
sightings on eBird!
Related Resources:
Student Paintings
Featured at Cornell Gallery
(PDF)
Related Links:
All About
Birds
Bird Blind & Feeding Station
BirdSleuth
Inside Birding
Videos
Mr. Kahler's Bird Page |
BirdSleuth: Investigating Evidence
(PowerPoint)
Need help with student inquiry? Cornell
Lab of Ornithology created this free online BirdSleuth module to help!
The module includes lesson plans, journal pages, and online resources
that will help your students ask scientific questions, craft and test
hypotheses, collect and organize data, draw meaningful conclusions, and
publish their work.
Related
Resources:
A
Science Program with Wings
Connect
Vol.15 No.1, September/October, 2001
(PDF)
BirdSleuth Inspires Student Inquiry
Connect
Vol.23 No.2, November/December, 2009
(PDF)
Related Links:
BirdSleuth
Bird Blind & Feeding Station
eBird
Mr. Kahler's Bird Page
Student Reports
|
BirdSleuth:
Authentic Scientific Inquiry Using Online Wikispaces
(PowerPoint)
Online
collaborative working groups enable students to become more engaged in
scientific experimentation. Middle school students in Florida and
Oregon teamed up to present and review their bird research projects
using a wikispace. Learn how free online technology such as the
BirdSleuth program and wikispaces can benefit your students.
Related
Resources:
Cross-Country Collaborators
Birdscope
Volume 24, Autumn 2010
(PDF)
Related Links:
BirdSleuth
eBird
Mr. Kahler's Bird Page
PBWorks
Student Reports
Wikispaces |
Classroom Beekeeping
(PowerPoint)
Add excitement to
your classroom by opening a window to the hidden world of the honeybee.
Observation beehives allow students to observe the industrious work and
life cycle of the honeybee. Discover the passion and commitment needed
to make your classroom beekeeping project a success.
Related
Resources:
Classroom Beekeeping
Connect Vol.23 No.4, March/April 2010
(PDF)
Related Links:
Bees
Beekeeping
Observation Hive |
