Native Americans and Birds

Lesson Details Subjects: Science, Social Studies Learning Levels: AllPreschool, Primary, Middle School, Intermediate, High School, College, Adult, All, Author(s): Dianne Talley Submitted by:

Abstract This activity is a visit to the bird culture of Florida in a wetland ecosystem. Visit the native American Birds that lived around the Rose Bay area and those that have been imported. Learn the facts of the birds now and then and the environment the birds live in the plants they eat an sustain on. The objective of the activity is to give students insight into the bird culture. Students will learn how birds lived and gathered. The students will learn the different types of birds and how they help the environment. Lesson fundamental understandings: Essential Questions: Standards National Standards Geography Science World history Us history State Standards Lesson Prerequisite Skills Students will need the following vacabualry: Timucuans, berries, nuts, fruits, sea grasses, cacti, uplands, wetlands, hamock, marshes, bays, estuaries, eagles, starling, robins, blue jays, woodpeckers, hawks, owls, mockingbirds, whip-er-will, hummingbirds, doves, roadrunners, kingfisher, cuckoo, pheasants,turkeys, bobwhite, yellowbird whip-per-wills, great egret, great blue heron, snake bird, anhinga bird, brown pelican, northern cardinal, tufted titmouse, carmorant, palm warbler, common grackle, pied-billed grebe, wood stock, little blue heron, northern harrier, ringed bill gull and many more you wish to add. Teacher Information/Situations/Setting/Time Teachers will explain, model, research, and then generalizes. Materials Computers and internet access binoculars, telescopes and compasses. maps Teacher will tell stories about the birds and flight, birds sitting on limbs, or by sounds. So students can learn to identify these birds from different areas. Assessment Assessment can be done through research papers or projects, portfolios, pre and post tests, journal entries. Student Activity/Tasks Students can look at National Geographic videos, listen to a bird clock that gives the sounds so they can start to recognize the sounds of the birds, get tapes that make bird sounds, crosswords, memory games, storytelling to younger students, book reading, birds how they look draw them or look at them in books, labeling games. Them have a day showing what you learned. Enrichment/Alternate Activity: Cross-Curricular: Technology Requirements/Tools/Materials http://www.birds.com Computers binoculars telescopes and compasses Acknowledgements: Additional Resources Main URL: Related Lessons Related Resources Copyright © 1997-2003 Career Connection to Teaching with Technology USDOE Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Marshall Ransom, Project Manager All rights reserved.