As I’ve commented before, I store any cool ideas I find on Evernote and tag them with whatever I think I might use it as. Here’s a highlight of the different bird ideas I’ve got stored away:
Lapbook ideas and printables
image courtesy of Living and Learning |
Owl lapbook– I love that she included links to all of the different ideas she used and where to find them. One of our chapters goes over owls, so I’m sure I’ll be coming back to this for more ideas. That,and I want to try dissecting an owl pellet with the kids.
Bird pictures– what a great idea for identifying local birds
Bird unit– this has links to everything she used to make her spring bird nature study
Art projects
Bird marionette puppets– I can see my kids taking this idea and running so far with it.
Bird nest– Much better than the bird nests we tried…..
Bird mask- I love this idea, and will need to start shoveling cereal down my kids’ throats to get some boxes……
Hatching egg– who doesn’t love a cute chick hatching out of an egg? I’m pretty sure, Almost Unschoolers has got a whole slew of cute bird crafts. I know she’s been doing some cute penguin ones.
Another nest– wouldn’t this look cute as a cover about nests?
Owl– Whooo wouldn’t like it? Hahahahhahha I couldn’t resist.
Bird feeder– I’ve seen this several places, but I think I saw it first here.
Bird house– I need to get a big huge thing of orange juice, or just use our milk bottle for it.
Paper plate bird– cute and simple, two things I like.
Experiments and Exploration
Owl pellets– I liked the idea of having a video to watch, and if I can’t track down a place to order owl pellets we can do it online.
Egg osmosis– If you haven’t checked out this site for science experiments, you really need to.
How do birds fly– great for little guys
Bird beaks– we did a similar experiment with insect mouths, and I remember trying this experiment when I was in college. Looking forward to doing this with my kids.
How birds eat- I remembered this experiment when we were watching a video about how birds will swallow rocks (the experiment I’m thinking of is halfway down the page).
The naked egg– multi-post series about egg in vinegar.
The effects of pollution on birds– I can so use this to help my kids further understand why not to litter.
What is in an egg?-I like the diagram using the actual egg they made.
Videos
Chick hatching video
Webcam sites of birds
Also, currently streaming on Netflix is Life of a Bird, a very interesting series from BBC, I think. They also have a couple of other videos on their streaming about birds. We’re slowly watching through these while we eat lunch.
It looks like you have a lot of great resources.
What a great list of resources!
Great collection of resources. I plan a short unit on birds, but I don't know yet how much I will be using – it will depend a lot on Anna's interest.
You have quite a bit of resources there, what fun. I really should use Evernote myself.
Ooh, I am going to add this to my evernote so that way I can use this when we do a bird study in March
I saw Owl Pellets just this week at Hobby Lobby in the model/science section.
Great list. So much for for turning off the computer tonight…I'm off to check out your links 🙂
Forgot to add, my eldest is obsessed with doing science experiments now. She'll be excited!
I'm going to have to check evernote out!
We loved studying birds. Our favorite activities were:
Bird Beaks: https://cultivatedlives.blogspot.com/2010/04/professional-help.html
Edible Robin's nests: https://cultivatedlives.blogspot.com/2010/04/edible-learning.html
How did I miss this post? Now I have to go check out all these great links!