• Looking for an exciting, hands-on way to bring real science to your classroom or homeschool kids?
• Interested in birds, biodiversity, and the outdoors?

BirdSleuth has teamed up with eBird to create an easy way for educators to begin using eBird with student groups. The importance of their data creates a real-world connection for students of all ages; you'll find that even those children who don't traditionally excel in science will become motivated and engaged by the prospect of helping professional scientists study birds! 

Although eBird is easy to use, many educators, especially those new to birds and birding, prefer extra support and guidance. This free resource will help you begin to teach proper data collection protocols to your children, so they can begin contributing to eBird. 

Note: some of the content in this free resource was adapted from the BirdSleuth: Most Wanted Birds curriculum module.  Most Wanted Birds is a complete curriculum kit available for purchase from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. For those educators looking to go beyond simple data collection, Most Wanted Birds contains detailed lesson plans, student journal pages, and a resource guide to help teach bird identification, classification, biodiversity, and the importance of conservation. It includes several educational tools, such as BirdSleuth's full-color Focus Game Cards, copies of BirdSleuth's student research journal Classroom BirdScope, posters, and a resource DVD. Click here to learn more!