Breaking News: Ms. Froese and her childhood friend, Mr. John Patrick, started writing a book on birds this summer. Ms. Froese wrote the text and Mr. Patrick is doing the photographs and comics.
A Study of Birds ((Download Study Sheet from this link)
Check out @JStCPatrick on the LIvingstone Twitter feed for tweets of local birds in Vancouver, B.C.
Project Based Learning: BIRDS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Date:___________________ Time: ___________________ Bird # ______
Location of Observation: ___________________________________________________
(i.e. front lawn, Apple tree…)
Observations:
1. Observe this bird closely. Document your observations and add detail to your study with a pencil drawing on a blank paper. Label the parts of the bird.
2. What do you see? Describe the bird and the surrounding habitat in detail.
Colour: _________________________________________________________________
Size: ___________________________________________________________________
Behavior: _______________________________________________________________
Parts of the bird: i.e. tail, wings, belly, eyes, chin etc.____________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Habitat: ________________________________________________________________
3. What do you hear?
Voice: ________________________________ (What does the bird's call sound like?)
Habitat: ______________________ (What other sounds do you hear in the environment?)
Research:
What questions do you have about this bird? What would you like to learn?
List the things you're curious about. Decide which questions you want answered:
a) What type of bird is it? Species, name?
b) What does this birds eat? Where does it find it's food?
c) Who are this bird's enemies / predators?
d) How do they nest?
e) How can we protect these birds?
2. Do your research and record the place you found the information (in note form, full sentences not required)
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Follow up:
Create a piece of art of your bird. ie. Painting, sculpture, mosaic, drawing, collage.
Write a story using personification (giving human qualities to the bird).
Download or create a map of where you saw the bird.
