Birds Unit Study Homeschooling on a Shoestring

Birds Unit Study


Birds Unit Study Homeschooling on a Shoestring Birds Unit Study has free and low-cost activities, lesson plans, worksheets, study guides, and more.

The information here is for a wide range of ages, grades K-12, depending on which objectives and activities are selected, so please check first to make sure your choices are appropriate for your own family. New information will be added as time allows. Links to lesson plans and activities here represent materials that can be printed and added to your notebook for this unit.

Learning Objectives:

Many parents and teachers will need to create their own goals. You can compare the goals at these sites to create your own goals depending on how stringent your requirements need to be. All links have several suggested activities for different ages.

  • Learn what birds are and what they bring to their environment.
  • Learn about the different types of birds and their individualities.
  • Explore the anatomy of birds.
  • Learn about the reproduction of different bird species.
  • Explore birds in literature.

Bible References:

Look up and compare scriptures at the sites below. In your journal note how the different translations and versions help you to have a fuller understanding of the text.

Genesis 1:20-23, 26-28, 30 Genesis 2:19-20 Genesis 6:19-21 Genesis 7:1-3 Genesis 15:10-11
Leviticus 14:4-7 Nehemiah 5:18-19 Psalm 8:8 Psalm 104:17 Psalm 148:7-13
Ecclesiastes 9:12 Isaiah 31:5 Ezekiel 17:23-24 Ezekiel 39:4, 17 Daniel 4:12, 14, 21, 33
Matthew 6:26-27 Matthew 8:20 Matthew 13:3-9 Matthew 13:31-32 Mark 4:1-9
Mark 4:30-32 Luke 8:4-8 Luke 12:24 Acts 10:9-16 Romans 1:18-23
Revelation 19:17-18, 21

Timeline

Vocabulary

Beak Cock Down Feathers
Egg Feather Flight
Flight Feathers Hatch Hatchling
Hen Incubate Migration
Ornithology Species Sub-species
Wings

http://dictionary.reference.cohttps://www.dictionary.com/m  online Dictionary
https://wordweb.info/free/  free downloadable software to look up words
Bird Vocabulary Word List https://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/birds.shtml
Spanish Birds Vocabulary https://studyspanish.com/vocab/lessons/birds.htm

Book Resources

Poetry & Music & Sound

Video Resources

  • SimPark-By Maxis you are a park ranger that must keep your bird species alive and diversified by providing appropriate food and population control.
  • Zoo Tycoon
  • DVD: The Life of Birds, by David Attenborough, BBC Video

Software Resources

Games

Clip Art

Recipes

No-bake Peanut Butter Bird Nests https://abajillianrecipes.com/2014/04/14/no-bake-peanut-butter-bird-nests/
Bird recipes https://web.archive.org/web/20050312003840/http://www.learnwhatsup.com/prc/recipes/bird/treats/index.html

 

Bird’s Nest Salad

Monica Bhide
This is a perfect side to any sandwich on a hot summer afternoon.
Print Recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 clove garlic (minced)
  • 1 cup / 250 mL canned red kidney beans
  • 1 jalapeño or green chili (minced drained and rinsed)
  • 3 Tablespoons / 45 mL lemon juice
  • 1 cup / 250 mL corn kernels (drained)
  • 2 Tablespoons / 25 mL fresh coriander (chopped and rinsed)
  • 1/4 cup / 60 mL bean sprouts
  • 1/4 teaspoon / 1 mL ground cumin
  • 1/4 cup / 60 mL diced red bell pepper
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper ( to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon / 1 mL red chili powder
  • 1 red onion (sliced)
  • 1 bunch lettuce leaves of your choice
  • 1 cup / 250 mL canned chickpeas (drained and rinsed)

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl whisk together the garlic, jalapeño, lemon juice, coriander, cumin, salt and black pepper. Add the onion, chickpeas, kidney beans, corn, bean sprouts, bell pepper, and chili powder. Mix well.
  • Arrange the lettuce leaves along the walls of a large glass bowl to form a bird’s nest. Gently spoon the salad mixture into the bird’s nest, being careful not to disturb the lettuce.
  • Serve at room temperature.

Notes

Variations: Add 1/4 cup / 60 mL fresh pomegranate seeds or 1/4 cup / 60 ml mandarin orange sections for wonderful flavor and delightful color.
If you can’t find fresh coriander, use fresh parsley instead. Dried coriander is not a substitute. If you do not like the idea of using raw sprouts, boil them for a few minutes and then add to the salad.
Prep Time: 15 minutes. Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Each Serving Provides: Calories: 180; Protein: 8 g; Carbohydrates: 32 g; Fat: 2 g
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Edible Bird’s Nest

Jodi Robertson
This fun craft is not only adorable when done, but it’s tasty too! Sit the kids down to make this fun spring project. Be sure to make extras for friends and family.
Print Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • Chow mein noodles
  • Chocolate chips or brick chocolate
  • Jelly beans
  • Candy coated chocolate eggs
  • Marshmallow chicks
  • Peanut butter
  • Wax paper
  • Paper plates (colored plates optional)

Instructions
 

  • Place squares of wax paper onto to individual plates. Put chow mein noodles in a large bowl. If using brick chocolate, break into pieces. Melt chocolate chips or pieces in the microwave, or over low heat on stove, just until melted. Pour melted chocolate over chow mein noodles, mix together to coat.
  • Place mounds of chocolate/chow mein mixture onto several plates (on top of waxed paper). Have children form the mixtures into nests. Be sure the chocolate has cooled, but don’t wait too long or it will harden!
  • Using peanut butter as an adhesive, “glue” down the jelly beans and candy coated chocolate eggs inside the nest cavity. “Glue” marshmallow chick on the edge of or inside of the nest.

Notes

These make fun gifts from kids to their friends and family members. You can also make these nests at birthday parties as a fun and edible take-home party favor.
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Bird Nest Cupcakes

Jodi Robertson
Print Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • Your favorite cupcake mix
  • Your favorite frosting mix
  • Long strand coconut
  • Jelly beans

Instructions
 

  • Bake your cupcakes.
  • When cool frost with white or chocolate frosting.
  • Decorate with coconut around the outside circle of cupcake. Place colored jellybeans in center.
  • Coconut can be toasted if you prefer a brown nest!

Notes

King Arthur gluten free cake mix
Dolly Parton's Chocolate Buttercream Flavored Cake Frosting or make your own Vanilla Buttercream https://abajillianrecipes.com/2017/08/16/peach-watercolor-cake/
Brach's Speckled Jelly Bird Eggs
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Field Trips

  • Are there other homeschoolers or relatives in the area that might have any kind of birds? Pay them a visit.
  • Try the park be sure to bring your digital camera to photograph the birds.
  • Take a trip to the pet store. WARNING: If you buy a bird Look for a Bird BORN in captivity to reduce the number of wild birds stolen. Study any species extensively BEFORE you adopt one into your family.

Art, Pictures, and Craft Ideas

Activities & Lesson Plans

Math

Worksheets:

Make your own worksheets with these worksheet creation tools:

  • SchoolHouseTech https://www.schoolhousetech.com/ This company gives away two free software worksheet factories one for Basic math and one for wordsearch utility that will make wonderful complements to this unit when you include the clipart listed in the clipart section.
  • Start Write – This program makes nice reports and handwriting worksheets for the unit. https://www.startwrite.com/
  • Teacher’s Pet will turn any text into a worksheet I like to use it with the Wikipedia text or texts from Project Gutenberg. Open up a Microsoft Word “New” and then open the template and add ins’ for Teacher’s Pet and add one paragraph at a time and click the appropriate tab for the type of question you want. https://www.teachers-pet.org/
  • TeachNology has several online worksheet makers and a ton of Rubric makers. Rubrics work great with Homeschool Tracker because they give you total points and you count up exactly how many points your child gets. https://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/
  • Online Crossword Puzzle Maker to use with your vocabulary words or locations or even dated from the timeline. https://www.happychild.org.uk/wks/english/ssm/crosswords01.htm

Ready-made worksheets:

Bird Choose A Word

Each sentence below needs a word. Pick the correct word from each pair. Good (luck, duck)!

1. I like candy because it is (tweet, sweet).
2. I have a cold, which makes me (sneeze, breeze).
3. Don’t forget to (weed, feed) the dog!
4. Those shoes are too big for my (feel, feet).
5. Here’s a broom, now please (sweep, steep) the floor.
6. If you want the flowers to grow, you must plant the (deeds, seeds).
7. I jumped in a puddle, and it was (keep, deep).
8. My mother mowed the (queen, green) grass.
9. We dressed up like tigers and put whiskers on our (weeks, cheeks).
10. At the pond I saw a flock of (cheese, geese).

1. sweet
2. sneeze
3. feed
4. feet
5. sweep
6. seeds
7. deep
8. green
9. cheeks
10. geese

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Bird Phrases

The following phrases refer to different birds. Can you match the correct bird from the list below?

1. a burden
2. an amusement or frolic
3. to complain
4. cowardly
5. someone who stays up late (night ______ )
6. a peace lover
7. elected official nearing end of term (lame ______)
8. possessing sharp vision ( ______-eyed)
9. to repeat another’s words
10. someone who informs on others (stool ______ )
11. stop an addictive behavior suddenly (cold_____ )
12. what you must eat if you are humbled

1. albatross
2. lark
3. grouse
4. chicken
5. owl
6. dove
7. duck
8. eagle
9. parrot
10. pigeon
11. turkey
12. crow

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Complete Units

Lapbook Ideas, Templates, Resources

Web Information

Evaluation Ideas:

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