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Our backyard birds are an excellent teaching tool, but what about their long-gone relatives? Extinction challenges students to think about evolution, conservation, science, and history. The birds of the past provide perspective on the world today and the effect humans…

Most of our gardening happens from spring until fall, but what about during those cold winter months? If your plants don’t survive during the frost and snowy season, what do your local birds do? In winter, your residential birds seek…

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

The eBird Essentials course introduces you to the eBird project and provides tips and tools for using it. We recommend you enroll and complete this free, online course before starting this curriculum. It takes 2-3 hours to complete.

Lesson 1: Bird…

The BeastBox game explores how animals use sound to communicate within their ecosystems in a fun and interactive way. This Calls of the Wild activity guide will help educators engage middle school students with the game while addressing key concepts.

Explore how bird beaks are adapted for eating different foods with the fifth lesson in our free Feathered Friends resource. Students willexplore the concept of which beaks are best for what food and the many different sizes and shapes according to their specialized function for that species of bird.

Discover avian courtship rituals and some playful and diverse romance tips from the experts of the skies.

If you’re using our Dissecting the Food Web: An Owl Pellet Investigation kit here are some additional resources to make the most of your kit!

Lesson One: The Food Web

Watch Bird Academy’s videos on the “Birds in the Ecology of the Mississippi…

Alexa Maille is the New York State 4-H Youth Development STEM Specialist at Cornell University’s Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research. Alexa aims to help youth and adults grow curiosity and thrive through experiences that weave together STEM learning, positive youth development,…