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Students as Scientists: Nature-Based Inquiry units features two teachers guides, one for grades K-5 and the other for grades 6-12.

Find all the supporting resources you need to implement Students as Scientist in 6th-12th grade classrooms.

These five guides offer quick and easy activities to spark your student’s curiosity about the natural world. Depending on your student’s interests, you can choose one or complete all five. Each guide has an activity than can be used alone or used as an entry point into inquiry-based science.

These Habitat Scavenger Hunt cards will help children see their local environment in a new, fun way! Each card contains an image-rich beginner version on one side and an advanced version on the other, great for both younger and older students!

These bird bingo cards will provide an easy and engaging way to encourage young people to find birds and notice their behaviors.

Designed for out-of-school settings, these 11 hour-long lessons use birds and the eBird as the spark to get youth ages 8-15 excited about nature and science.

Participatory-science projects like eBird can help make concrete connections between classroom learning and life skills, preparing your students with the tools they need to thrive in the world. This guide gives educator-tested tips, tools, and activities for scaffolding students in…

 Project FeederWatch (PFW) is a November-April survey of birds that visit schoolyards, backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in North America.  To sign up for PFW, visit their website here.

This FeederWatch Classroom Guide helps educators engage their K-8th…