MelanieM Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 (edited) A friend and I were chatting today about doing a bird study with our kids. I have some resources here but would love to hear about great books, web sites, projects, etc. that others can recommend. My current list: Field Guides: The Backyard Birdsong Guide Backyard Birds Introduction (Robert Bateman) Peterson Young Birders Guide Fiction: The Burgess Bird Book for Children The Birdwatchers Web Sites: Great Backyard Bird Count Cornell Lab of Ornithology and their sub-sites: All About Birds, Birding Basics, Educator's Guide to Bird Study Backyard Birds Lapbook Bird Colouring Book from 50 Birds Bird Colouring Book from Cornell Does anyone have other bird study favourites to share? Any projects you've done that the kids really enjoyed? TIA! Edited March 5, 2010 by MelanieM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Here's a page with a bunch of other links: http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/schoolroom/birds.php Here's a unit study. It's not the one I was looking for, which is sold by Rainbow Resource, but it does look good: http://www.homeschoolfcgs.com/product_info.php/products_id/388 I can't think of the author's name on the one I wanted, but she also has out a unit study on plants..... .....Oh, here it is! I did find it and it's in a new edition, so should be better: http://learn-and-do.com/bird.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilylou Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I believe The Outdoor Hour blog has some great bird studies... Sorry I can't add a link from work. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiKC Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 The boy who drew birds : a story of John James Audubon / by Jacqueline Davies ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 Thanks for the great links and ideas! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelBee Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 Anyone else? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karensk Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Fiction: Wheel on the School Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat I see that Rainbow Resource sells a guide for Owls in the Family, but haven't used it. We sometimes submit bird observations to eBird. You set up an account, so later you can see what you've submitted altogether. When the kids were younger, we maintained a bird log...just a simple table set up to record date, location, and type of bird we saw. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithfamily5 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 I just got my weekly CurrClick emaiil. Their bird nature study notebooking pages are the free download right now. The site seems to be down right now, though. HTH, Patty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paula j Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 We really enjoyed the bird kit from Sam's science club. There were some neat experiments like using different items like spoons to make beaks and trying to pick up things like bird seed and worms (spaghetti) to understand why different birds have different beaks. Ds also enjoyed disecting the owl pellet. I would also recommend the book or even the movie, HOOT. The whole family enjoyed the movie and ds and I loved the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 I just got my weekly CurrClick emaiil. Their bird nature study notebooking pages are the free download right now. The site seems to be down right now, though. HTH, Patty I just downloaded a copy of the notebooking pages from CurrClick, and they look very nice. They are quite flexible for all sorts of bird study pages for upper and lower grammar stage students. Very nice indeed, and they are free!! Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 David Attenborough has a documentary called Life of Birds. You can get it on Netflix. Also, I listened to a fabulous radio show on NPR with Donald Kroodsma. I purchased the book, which has a cd of bird songs on it. I love it. Here is a link to his interview, as well as others. http://www.thesinginglifeofbirds.com/features.phtml Here is the link to the book/cd. It is only $11 on Amazon. Great deal! http://www.amazon.com/Singing-Life-Birds-Listening-Birdsong/dp/0618840761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268091012&sr=8-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyto3 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 I just got my weekly CurrClick emaiil. Their bird nature study notebooking pages are the free download right now. The site seems to be down right now, though. HTH, Patty I got this too. I was able to get on and download it. Very nice notebooking pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtothreeboys Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 The owner of our local wild bird store has written and is writing books for each state on backyard birds. He tells how to identify them and how to attract them to your yard. Plus he is really a great guy. People call from all over the states describing a bird to him and he identifies either by description or sound. The book isn't very pricey and if he has your state done you should check it out. Here is a link to our state's book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Sorry, I haven't read the other posts, but here are some things we have used and liked for our bird unit study, years ago: Everything You Never Learned About Birds by Rebecca Rupp (written by a homeschooling mom) The Birding Game Dover Bird Coloring books Draw 50 Birds and finally, for a really complete bird study, check out the Cornell Home Study Ornithology course. Dd did this in 7th-8th grade and got a lot out of it. Have fun! GardenMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Melanie, I seem to be synching up with all your interests. I've been wanting to do a bird study for years, but just started last week. I did not even see your thread at the time, I promise! Great ideas everyone! I made a Burgess Bird Book Companion document, it took me a long time to work on, so hopefully people can benefits from my time somehow: http://satorismiles.com/2010/03/08/burgess-bird-book-companion/ And because last week I felt the need to get my random thoughts down, I made up a first draft page of links to start our nature study: http://satorismiles.com/curriculum/nature-study/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Just saw this and thought of you... http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157656&highlight=birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I just got my weekly CurrClick emaiil. Their bird nature study notebooking pages are the free download right now. The site seems to be down right now, though. HTH, Patty Thanks for the heads-up! I just downloaded my free copy, and it looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Those are very good! I would also recommend the Exploring Creation with Zoology 1-- flying creatures of the fifth day-- It is part of the young explorers series Ornithology, chiropterology, entomology and a little bit of paleontology comprises this book! This year, your students will learn about the bats, bugs, birds and some extinct flying reptiles called pterosaurs. Included in every lesson is a great narrative on the most fascinating facts in the animal biology concerning the creatures of flight. With fun activities, projects and assignments to go along with every lesson, your students will pronounce that science is their favorite subject. That is the summary from the authors website. My kids LOVED it!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Patty, thanks for the heads up about the free sheets at Currclick! I downloaded them this morning. :D Angela, your guide for the Burgess Bird Book looks awesome! That will most certainly save me time, thank you! I love the other links and resources as well -- thank you all so much! Very helpful. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 We just read The Boy Who Drew Birds and really enjoyed it! The illustrations gave me some great ideas for doing a bird study wall, and I liked the added benefit of a little French sprinkled throughout. :) Thanks for the suggestion, Heidi! Lisa, thanks for sharing the thread to the bird cakes. We're going to make some this weekend and hang them under our patio. There's a window right there so we can watch any friends that come visit to partake of the goodies! :D (I'm hoping that will enable us to keep the goodies from the squirrels!) Would anyone care to share details of their bird study journals? I'm trying to figure out how I want to track things. (Angela, I looked at yours on your blog... I love Satori's drawings!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Another resource for those doing the Burgess Bird Book... The AO Copywork Yahoo! Group has copywork samples corresponding to the AO recommended books. If you look in the Year 1 file there's a suggestion for each chapter of the Bird Book. Saves a wee bit of time. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrub Jay Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I just created a Burgess Bird Book Video Companion and remembered this helpful thread so I thought I'd post the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 Wow, Kathleen! That's fabulous -- thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 This is an old thread, but I missed it the first time around.:D There's always the Audubon Society. Here's the "Just for Kids" page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Thank you for bringing up this thread - I wouldn't have seen this because I didn't join this forum until later. We're studying birds now and I can't believe how many resources are listed here in just one thread! I thought I had enough but these ideas are fabulous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 I have the best luck with whatbird.com http://www.whatbird.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaura Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TolleLegeAcademy Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 I just created a Burgess Bird Book Video Companion and remembered this helpful thread so I thought I'd post the link. WOW! Thanks for sharing your video companion! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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