But i wanted my kids to create on a bird theme.
Bird feeders lesson plan. Have students use their fingers or plastic knives or spoons to smear peanut butter all over a pine cone. Have students discuss with their partner how they each want to build their bird feeder. Allow students to choose spots outdoors to hang their bird feeders or take them home to monitor. A relaxed bird study unit with lesson plans and printables for homeschool nature study.
Tell your students that each of them is going to build their own bird feeder out of a milk jug or carton. This lesson covers these three sections. Creative arts language development fine motor skills total time. In this bird feeder lesson plan learners construct simple bird feeders.
A great way to attract birds to your home is by building them bird feeders bird houses and supply them with water. Making a bird feeder lesson plan learning objectives. To create this bird feeder children spread the peanut butter or sunbutter using a butter knife onto the cardboard tube. Body of lesson begin by tying a ribbon or pipe cleaner to the top of a pine cone for hanging.
Pour some bird seed onto a tray and roll the cardboard tube in the bird seed covering all the peanut butter or sunbutter. Recycled toiler paper roll bag of bird seed peanut butter yarn or string. Examples of different designs of bird feeders go to google images and type in bird feeder designs and print examples. Their bird feeder should be able to provide the birds with everything they need to survive in nature.
Plus drying time what you need. Making bird feeders is a great science and nature lesson plan as well as incorporates motor skills and art. Below are different style of bird feeder plans some simple to build and others will require more planning and time. Internet videos about bird feeders.
Study bird migration bird nesting and identifying backyard birds. Give each group some time to share their ideas. Ccss ela literacy w 8 1 e provide a concluding statement or section. Begin by asking students to record the number and descriptions.
Miscellaneous items at your discretion i e. Most of these plans are complete with a material list measurements and instructions. Make the peanut butter bird feeder. Then they graph the number of birds.
I use the stem design cycle to plan the week and we usually spend 1 2 days on think and plan and 1 2 days on design. Paper roll bird feeders learning about proper care and feeding of wild birds.