Astronomy and Weather | Birds | Magnetism
Earth Science: Astronomy and Weather
2.2E.1 OBSERVE AND RECORD THE PATTERNS OF APPARENT MOVEMENT OF THE SUN AND THE MOON.
Lesson 1: Sun Shadows
Lesson 2: Make a Sundial- explore a model of Earth's yearly revolution around the sun
- CAPABLE STUDENT- create one of twenty-one different kinds of sundials
- CAPABLE STUDENT - read about sundials and share with others
Lesson 3: Shadows on the Moon
- Engineering Connection: Lunar Learning - identify the phases of the moon, the positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun, and the difference between waxing and waning
- Free Pictures of the Moon
Lesson 4: Phases of the Moon
2.2E.2 RECORD AND SUMMARIZE DAILY AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES.
Lesson 5: Where's the Jiggle?
Lesson 6: Make a Thermometer
Lesson 7: Read a Thermometer
- SB: The Kelvin Scale
Lesson 8: Hours of Sunlight
Lesson 9: Heat in Oregon
- A: Four Part Lesson on Heat and Shadow
- A: Parachuting Pinwheel
- A: Make a thermometer
- A: Heat melts candy
- A: Color and heat
- A: Color reflects heat
- A: Heat reflected from a playground
- TB: About Heat and Temperature
Engineering Connection
- Do Different Colors Absorb Heat Better? - test how color affects how much heat a material can absorb
Astronomy and Weather | Birds | Magnetism
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- A = Activity
- D = Diagram or Illustration used by teacher or students
- TB = Teacher Background
- SB = Student Background (adapt for additional reading for students)
- I = Interactive Web Site
- L = List of Links to other sites
Life Science: Birds
2.1L.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIORS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY LIVE.
Lesson 10–Introduce Birds
Lesson 11–Birds Have Feathers
- A: Birds of a Feather
- I: Hen Cam
- D, SB: Three Jobs, Feathers
- D, SB: parts of a feather
- D, TB: colors in feathers
- D, TB: uses of feathers
Lesson 12–Bird Feet
- D, TB: bird feet
Lesson 13–Bird Sandwich
- A: Bird watching hints
- A: Bird scavenger hunt
- A: Paper Kites
- TB: Bird skulls
From the Natural History Museum:
- D, SB: What are Birds?
- D, SB: Bird Bones
- D, SB: Internal Organs
- D, SB: Muscles
- D, SB: Feathers
- D, SB: Bills and Beaks
- D, SB: Feet
- D, SB: Metabolism
- D, SB: Coloration
- D, SB: Camouflage
- D, SB: Song
- D, SB: Body Language
- D, SB: Nest Building
- D, SB: Mechanics of Flight
- D, SB: Flightless Birds
- D, SB: Energy Conservation
- D, SB: Migration
- D, SB: Amazing Facts
- D, SB: How We Harm Birds
From other web sites:
- A: Flightless birds
- SB: Introduction to Aves
- SB: How birds fly
- D, SB: All about birds
- SB: Hear Bird Songs
- TB: Ducks at a Distance
Lesson 14–Habitat
- A: What's In a Nest?
- A: Attracting Woodpeckers
- B, A: NewsWatch
- Engineering Connection: Build a Birdhouse
- Engineering Connection: Create a nest box
- Engineering Connection: Build a blue bird nest
- D: bird nests
Lesson 15–Life Cycle
- A: On the Egg
- A: Egg Activities
- D, SB: Reproduction in Birds
- D, SB: Eggs
- D: Bird Eggs by Species
- TB: What do we call animal babies?
Lesson 16–Food Chain
- A: Bird Beaks
- A: The Beak's Buffet
- A: Hunters and Hunted
- A: What's for Lunch?
- A: Bird Feeder Ideas
- A: Pine cone bird feeder
- A: Bird Feeder Cam
- D, TB: bird beaks
- D, SB: Snowy Plover info
Ask an Expert
Crafts
- Egg Carton Animals
- Coloring Book
- Dove of peace hanging
- Caged Bird
- Make a dinosaur egg
- Egg shell tulips
- Humpty Dumpty puppets
Language Arts Activities
- Bird's Eye Story
- Bird jokes
- Bird word find puzzle
- Rhyme: Elizabeth
- Rhyme: Hickety, Pickety
- Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty
Math
Snacks
Social Studies
Very Capable Students
- Create an Aerodynamic Bird
- Migration Hopscotch background
- Migration Hopscotch Role Play
- Build a Bird
- Become a bird expert A-Z birds
TB, SB: Animal Planet Birds
Enchanted Learning: Birds
The Life of Birds
Astronomy and Weather | Birds | Magnetism
- Key for science links:
- A = Activity
- D = Diagram or Illustration used by teacher or students
- TB = Teacher Background
- SB = Student Background (adapt for additional reading for students)
- I = Interactive Web Site
- L = List of Links to other sites
Physical Science: Magnetism
2.2P.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST HOW OJBECTS AND MATERIALS RESPOND TO MAGNETIC FORCES.
Lesson 19–Introduce Magnets
Lesson 20–Model a Magnet
- Engineering Connection: Magnetic Attraction - learn about magnetic properties through a series of short investigations
Lesson 21–Magnets Have Fields
Lesson 22–Magnets have Poles
Lesson 23-Magnet Strength
- Engineering Connection: Building an Electromagnet - create and test an electromagnet
Lesson 24–Make a Compass
- Key for science links:
- A = Activity
- D = Diagram or Illustration used by teacher or students
- TB = Teacher Background
- SB = Student Background (adapt for additional reading for students)
- I = Interactive Web Site
- L = List of Links to other sites