Students will understand that birdsÕ beaks are adapted for the food they eat and the habitat
they live in. Through this activity they will match a food item to a beak tool that they feel will
best work with that food item. They will then match that beak tool to the picture of the bird
they think has that kind of beak.

A post Bird Video Field Trip quiz to see what concept studetns understood.

Students will find out what makes a bird a bird as they visit the bird breakfast cafe, and sharpen their bird identification skills by using a bird identification guide and trying their hand at a bird scavenger hunt.

Students will draw what they think a scientist looks like and does. After a discussion about scientists with their teacher and peers, students will reevaluate their drawing and make modifications or create a new drawing. Be sure to scroll to the bottom for the "Try This At Home" activity!

Draw what you think a scientist
looks like and does.

Join the Ogden Nature for an in-depth look at adaptations and explore how to use your 3 brain tools!

Students will explore local plants. In partners, one student will lead a blindfolded
student to a plant, where the blindfolded student will meet the plant and make as many
observations about it as they can. Based on these observations, the blindfolded student will
then try to find the plant they met, this time also using their sight. Afterwards, students will
draw their plant, including all of their observations.
Scroll to the bottom for a Try This At Home activity.

A neighborhood or park scavanger hunt to discover a few items in nature.

This craft activity asks students to create an owl fact sheet with a few facts listen on the owl's stomach

This craft activity has students cutting out and decorating their own owl mask.

This lesson plan describes how student can learn about an owl's diet by examining owl pellets.

Watch a fun video about owls and owl pellet dissection, download a worksheet about owl parts, and get information on how to obtain owl pellets to dissect and explore yourself. There are also some instructions for creating cool owl crafts.

This is a running game, similar to sharks and minnows, where the students will take
on the role of animals, and learn about their different traits and adaptations.