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Birds
Natural Science
Birds that fly
- Robin
- House sparrow
- Crow
- Blue Jay
(Exploringnature-online 2005)
Birds that cannot fly
- Penguin
- Steamer duck
- Weka
- Ostrich
(Britannica-online 2022)
Activity FLASHCARDS
- Bird identification flashcards.
Learn about birds by identifying them through flashcards
(lookwerelearning-online 2022)
- Birds come in every shade in the rainbow.
- Yellow, red, orange to blue, purple, pink, green, and even iridescent, metallic shades. (Kaytee-online 2021)
- Common colours - such as brown, tan, beige, white, gray and black. These colors help birds blend in and stay camouflaged from predators. (Kaytee-online 2021)
Activity ART
- Bird finger puppets
Learn about birds by creating your own colourful puppet
(Redtedart-online 2022)
- Feathers.
- Wings.
- Beaks or Bills.
- Laying Eggs.
- Adapted Skeleton.
(Study-online 2003)
- Birds are endothermic – they maintain constant body temperature by themselves, without depending on outside factors. (BioExplorer-online 1999)
Activity MOVEMENT
- Bird yoga
Learn about birds through movement
(kidsyogastories-online 2022)
Social science
Subtopic 2
- Diversity of birds and habitat
DIVERSITY
- Bird diversity is much greater than reptiles, amphibians and mammals. (courses.lumenlearning-online n.d)
HABITAT
- Birds need places where they can hide from predators and inclement weather.
- Trees, shrubs, meadows, and even rock walls provide such shelter. (Audubon New York-online n.d)Link Title
Activity REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH
- Children choose a bird they want to draw.
- Using their pictures they draw as a reference they create their drawing using pipe cleaners.
(Artandsoulpreschool.blogspot-online n.d)
- Birds evolved from a group of meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods. (The Natural History Museum-online n.d)
- The oldest bird fossils are about 150 million years old.
(The Natural History Museum-online n.d)
Activity BIRD MATCHING
- Draw a line from the one bird to the other that is exactly the same. (Mama smiles-online 2022)
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Technology
Subtopic 2 -
- Structure and material of a bird feeder
- TUBE SEED FEEDERS
Clear plastic tubes with plastic or metal caps, bases and perches.
(Wikipedia-online 2022)
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Activity BIRD FEEDER
- Toilet Paper Roll Bird Feeder
(Fireflies and Mud Pies-online 2022)
Subtopic 3
- Inventions inspired by birds
- Kingfisher inspired a bullet train invention.
(Earthsky-online 2020)
- Watching birds glide inspired inventors to build gliders..
(Smithsonian Magazine-online 2022)
Activity CRAFT
- Ice-cream stick airplane craft
(submerryn-online n.d)
Subtopic 1
- Discuss the structure of a nest
- Twigs
- Grass
- Leaves
- Ground, or a hole in a rock, tree, or building.
(Wikipedia-online 2022)
- Human-made materials, such as string, plastic, cloth, or paper, may also be used. Nests can be found in all types of habitat.
(Wikipedia-online 2022)
Activity LOOSE PARTS
- Build a birds nest using loose parts
(onetimethrough - online 2022)