Bird Is the Word! Birding Basics for Kids!

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Ms. Kim

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In the Birding Basics for Kids class students will use math and geography skills to explore the world of birding.

Class Experience

US Grade 2 - 5

Intermediate - Beginner Level

Bird is the word! Students will get moving by dancing to the Trashmen song “Bird is the Word.” Then, we’ll spend a few minutes introducing ourselves by answering the following questions:
1.	What is your name?
2.	On a scale of 1-5, what is your experience with birds?
1.	I’ve seen a bird flying.
2.	I heard a bird.
3.	I found a bird’s nest.
4.	I found a feather and wondered what kind of bird it came from.
5.	I heard a bird and it made me want to know more about it.
The terms “birder” and “bird...

Students will experience the interactive maps and use ability appropriate geography vocabulary.
Students will help collect data, represent it as a bar graph and Venn diagram and answer ability appropriate questions during a class discussion of the data.
Students will be introduced to basic birding skills.

No homework.

Students should bring binoculars to class. Students who do not have binoculars may make a practice pair out of two toilet pape tubes taped together in the center. We will use them to practice spotting.

No assessment.

1 hour per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.

https://youtu.be/doopjZnA4MU?si=S4Z0kCbeas2N787s
https://www.pbs.org/video/ornithologist-curious-about-careers-g9kaz5/
https://youtu.be/I3aM3IsCKpU?si=oGO8wps1ftz1VoaE
https://www.birdability.org/birders-who-are-blind-or-have-low-vision
https://gis.audubon.org/birdability/
https://youtu.be/HceEcOPOVCw?si=mav_s-oPOALqKFli
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/

Available times

Pacific

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Meet the teacher

Ms. Kim

Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(1)

I would never have guessed after over forty years of K-6 classroom teaching that I would find my perfect teaching platform here on Outschool! I am a bird watcher! I have traveled to many countries and all around the United States looking for and...