Learning about Birds: Grades I-III

• Feathers, Fur, Skin, and Scales
  All living things have body coverings.
  Body coverings Lesson

  Birds have feathers.
  How are feathers different from the other coverings? How are they the same?
  (Our observations)

• What Birds Do
  Most birds can fly
  Use photographs to identify fliers and non-fliers
  Birds Build Nests
  Nest Building Activity

• Identifying Some Birds We Have Seen Around
  
Robin
Cardinal
Crow
Red-Tailed Hawk
White-Throated Sparrow
Others
Bird Coloring Graphics

What's the Story?
Our Summary of Observations

What Makes a Bird a Bird?
What are the characteristics of Birds?
Have Feathers
Are Endothermic (inner body temp stays mostly the same)
Lay Eggs
Have "Hollow" Bones