EAT LIKE A BIRD

Investigating Animal Behavior

by Camille LoParrino
 Constructivist
Lesson Plan

 Inquiry-based (Everyone Asks

Questions)

 Interdisciplinary (Across 3
Curriculums)
 Math

 Science

 Technology
 Learner Diversity

Suitable for all learners

(Multimedia):
 Audio
 Video
 Graphics (On line, hand drawings, photos)

Grouping (Small and Varied):

 Four members each
 Mixed ability groups
 NATIONAL CURRICULUM
CONTENT STANDARDS
 NCTM
– Data Analysis – Connections –
Representations

 LIFE SCIENCE
– Life Processes -- Physical Traits --
Dynamic Equilibrium

 NETS
– Technology Productivity and Research
Tools
 Goals and Objectives
Math
 Interpret data in graphical form.

 Use data analysis and graphing to

gain insight into a natural
phenomena.

 Understand the story represented

by the data.
 GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
Science
 Apply the scientific method to
investigate a natural phenomena.

 Conduct an experiment and

accurately record data from that
experiment.

 Interpret data and make

predictions.
 Goals and Objectives
Technology
• Use Productivity
tools:
• Microsoft Word
• Graphics

• Use Research tools:

• Search engines
• Designated
Websites
ESSENTIAL QUESTION

How does a bird’s features,

behaviors, and surroundings
affect its survival?

Bird Video Gallery

 Mini Lessons
What is a bird?

Can you describe their features?

How many different kinds of birds are

there?

What do birds eat in your

neighborhood?

Are you a bird watcher?

 Focus Question 1

 What is a Bird?
 There are more than 9,000 different
species of birds in the world.

 Select the species that are common to

your neighborhood.
 Focus Questions 2
 What is an adaptation?
• How do birds adapt to their area?
• Investigate and Report the Facts
 Focus Questions 3

What kinds of foods do birds eat?

 Aquatic birds

– In the water

 Terrestrial birds
– In the forest
 Focus Question 4
 Did you ever wonder why there
were so many different types of
bird beaks?
 Bird Beak Adaptations

Note: You can learn more by looking

at the beak and thinking about what
it eats.
 Bird Beak Gallery
 Focus Questions 5

Your mission is to select a bird in

your local area and report on how
it adapts to its environment.
 Birds in the City
 Bird Food
 Focus Questions 6
 What kind of bird feeder design
would be best for feeding the
birds in your neighborhood?
– Bird House Basics
 Alternative
Assessments
 Class Discussions
 Journal Entries
 KWL Chart and Concept Maps
 Questions/Internet
Search/Answers
 Poster Board (with Narrative)
 Oral Presentation
 Teacher’s Page
 For the Birds (NY Learns)
 All About Birds (Enchanted Learning)
 Types of Bird Feeders (Wild Bird
Watching)
 Understanding Bird Data (Teachers
First)
 Enter the Photo Zone (NWF/Ranger
Rick)
 Adapted Bird Songs (Audubon NY)
 Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
 Project Feeder Watch (Joint Project)
LEARNING TECHNOLOGY
ACROSS THE
CURRICULUM
Mercy College
Learning Technology
Department
EDUC 574 -- Fall 2005
with
Rose Villani