Lesson planning can be a very exciting and excruciating experience. With my goal of infusing nature into the curriculum as much as I can in an integrated fashion, it has been a joy to create nature-filled, project-based units. In February, the class and I are digging deep into birds to find out a potential answer to the essential question:
How can learning about birds help us understand the world around us?
Our unit is filled with immersion in literacy and hands-on activities. We tend to try and answer some mini questions along the way, read about them in both fiction and non-fiction stories, incorporate technology, engage in experiments, and write about our experiences in our bird journal. Of course, we also make connections to birds in our outdoor time. Below is a small sample of some of our activities so far. Much ore to come!
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| Exploring various bird artifacts to generate interest and spark questioning |
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| Measuring wingspan |
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| Testing our avian eyesight (the sheet on the wall had a letter on it) |
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| Practicing flight styles |
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| Bird journaling |
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| Nest building with our live bald eagle cam on the SMARTBoard |
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| Beak types |
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| Bird Buffet :) |
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| Practicing eating like a bird |
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