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• Marine Birds - This activity is geared towards encouraging the conservation of marine communities through exposure to marine birds, organisms who are integral to the ecological web of marine life. Geared towards grades 3-5.
• Virtual Bookshelf – Resources Arctic Birds, Antarctic Birds, and Migratory Species.
• Hands-on Science and Literacy Lessons About Birds
• The Dance of Life
• Students Research Bird Behavior in Cold Weather
• Amazing Birds -  This unit uses bird activities and Macaulay Library sounds and videos as a springboard for exploring physical science concepts such as sound, magnetism, flight, and simple machines. Nine lessons include: Observing Birds, Physical Adaptations of Birds, Sound Is Energy, Why Birds Sing, Bird Beaks, Flight and Feathers, Magnetic Migration, Culminating Activities, and Optional Extension Activities and Assessment. Grades K-5
• Bird Baths: Cleaning Up Wildlife After Oil Spills – In this lesson, students will explore the causes and effects of events such as oil spills and contaminations. They will then experience firsthand the feel of oil spills, determine an environmental problem that affects their community, and develop an “action plan” to minimize the risk to one form of wildlife. Finally, they will examine ways in which public and private organizations partner to keep the environment, and its wildlife, healthy. Grades K-5
• Arctic Terns From North to South -The arctic tern is an amazing migratory bird, traveling over 22,000 miles in a year from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again. Students will map this bird’s migration route and consider why it wants to migrate so far. They will conclude by writing paragraphs describing the arctic tern’s migration route and explaining how they think it knows when it’s time to migrate. (Grades K-2)
• Cape Royds Nest Check Your students follow six Adelie penguin families via data and pictures, updated daily. Students can create field books and record observations, weather conditions, and nest status. The data can also be used for the Nesting Time and Population Counts activities. The education page of the Penguin Science web site also includes several other activities and information about Antarctica. Grades K-5.
• Penguins – These two teacher’s guides from the SeaWorld Education Department include interdisciplinary units about penguins. Grades 4-8.

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