Getting Kids Involved
Resources for kids, families, & anyone who wants to learn more about birds and science.
Click here to find book
activity pages, listed by topic:
Migration, Conservation (Endangered Birds, Habitat), Reproduction
(Nests, Eggs), Adaptations (Beaks, Wings), Fables from Other Cultures,
Poetry |
 Want help learning to identify birds? 
- Show kids the three videos on the
Building Skills section of the Lab's All About Birds web
site.
- Order BirdSleuth
Game Cards—you'll get activity & game ideas, plus
access to an online Bird ID quiz with sound and video of common
birds.
- Have your kids become a Species Specialist. Each person in a group
picks a species and becomes the "expert" using the All About Birds Online Bird
Guide. Then learn that species' field marks by
coloring in it's
Coloring Page.
- Prepare for Spring! Learn the bird songs that herald spring. Go to
the
Songs and Calls page of All About Birds.
Get outside and watch birds for fun—and
contribute to science!
- Study the birds found in your city or rural neighborhood. Go to the
Celebrate Urban
Birds web site to learn more.
- Set up a feeder area and count the birds you find there. See the
Project
FeederWatch web site for more on how to count feeder birds
for science.
- Keep track of the birds nesting in your schoolyard or backyard. The
NestWatch
web site has more on nesting birds and how to collect nesting
data.
- Go for a bird walk and keep track of the birds you see using the eBird
website, a real-time, online checklist program.
Fun ways to learn about birds
without going outside: 
- Watch nesting birds any time of year on the NestCams
web site.
- Whose Nest
Is It? Downoad the PDF of this fun activity from the
NestWatch web site (near the bottom of the Outreach and Media page,
under "Activities").
- Arts activities for connecting with the outdoors can be found on
the
Celebrate Urban Birds web site.
Other Resources
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