Required:
- 7 printed data sheets and 7 printed species study sheets (files provided 1 week prior to class)
- 1 color printed bird booklet file (please print one-sided, 2-page file provided 1 week prior to class)
- Class activity worksheet (when needed this file is posted 1 week prior to class)
- Standard craft supplies: crayons, colored pencils, or markers; scissors; construction paper or scrap paper; glue; tape; stapler (please have available each week)
- Week 3: Pinecone or toilet paper tube, peanut butter (can use sun butter if allergies), butter knife, ½ cup birdseed, string or yarn, a tray or other container to put the seed in
- Week 7: Playdough

Optional:
- Binoculars are strongly recommended.  They don’t need to be expensive. Tips for binocular use will be covered in week 2.
- Students will assemble a small booklet with common backyard bird species during the first week (2-page color file to print).  It’s also nice for students to have access to a physical copy of a field guide for your area or a digital field guide.  Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology (App is called Merlin) both produce excellent free apps for bird identification. Merlin’s simple 5-step process to get bird ID suggestions is great for young learners, but students may need help using it at first since we are not covering bird apps in this class unless it comes up during sharing time.  
- Access to a well-established bird feeder is strongly recommended.  The weekly Birding Challenge homework (10 min of observing birds) will be more exciting when birds are being attracted to the area by feeders.  

學習者無需使用標準 Outschool 工具以外的任何應用程式或網站。

Younger students (especially age 6 and 7) will likely require parental support while taking this course since several activities require cutting, folding, and carefully following directions.  Please note that the longer 50 minutes sessions of this course may not be appropriate for every young learner.  If you are looking for a higher energy course with a smaller class size, shorter sessions, more songs, movement, and games, please consider the Raptors: Birds of Prey Hunting By Day and Night multi-day camp that I offer for ages 3-6.