Grades K-2
These free resources provide educators with an opportunity to explore nature and science in the classroom and in their school yard.
Explorer’s Guidebook
We want to help you get kids outside and enjoying their local parks and natural areas. Take kids on a habitat scavenger hunt, create a sound map, and test bird ID skills with this adaptable activity book designed to be used by families, school groups, and anyone looking for a fun way to connect to nature. It’s also available in Spanish, French, and Portuguese!
Bird Bingo
These bird bingo cards will provide an easy and engaging way to encourage young people to find birds and notice their behaviors. Each sheet contains two different bingo cards that will keep children focused and challenged on a nature walk. Spanish version is included in the download.
Habitat Scavenger Hunt
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! Spanish and French versions are included with the download.
Spark Guides
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.
Feathered Friends
Engaging science lessons brought to you by your local birds! Our friends at Pennington Wild Birds are working with us to educate and engage children in the pleasures of feeding and watching birds with this free download.
Bird Count Tally Sheet
Use this tally sheet when submitting to eBird.
Educator Guides
eBird Essentials Educators Guide
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 identifying birds and submitting data as a class.
FeederWatch Classroom Guide
Engage your students in Participatory Science with Project FeederWatch. This Guide helps you engage K-8th grade students in participatory science by providing the necessary tools and skills to help monitor bird communities across North America.
Students as Scientists: Nature-based Inquiry
Are you looking for a way to make science exciting, meaningful, and hands-on for your students? Give them the tools to explore the natural world, ask their own questions, and design their own investigations with our Students as Scientists: Nature-Based Inquiry unit.
Free eBird Explorers K-2 Lesson
What makes birds so unique? Help your students discover the unique and beautiful world of birds with your free eBird Explorers: Building Literacy Through Nature K-2 lesson download. The lesson uses four fun activities to take students on a learning adventure about birds and how they can help birds.
These downloadable book guides include a variety of detailed activities that support student engagement with nature-themed kids’ books. Engage students while meeting NGSS, Math, ELA, and Art Standards.
A WonderGrove for Birds
Enjoy these animated videos with lovable characters and joyful learning! Produced by our friends at Wonder Media.
Creating a Custom Bird-Friendly Ecosystem
Make Windows Safer
Keep Cats Indoors
Inviting Birds with Feeders and Baths
Protect Our Planet From Plastic
Exploring the Wonders of Bird Nests
How Birds Help Us and the Environment
How Birds Contribute to the Growth and Survival of Plants
Building and Exploring Bird Houses
Understanding Bird Communication
Discover adaptable units and kits that explore science and nature themes inside the classroom and out!
eBird Explorers: Building Literacy Through Nature
Aligned to K-2 Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards, this dynamic curriculum features two children’s books that encourage students to observe and describe differences in birds and habitats. Through these lessons, students discover what makes a bird a bird, explore similarities and differences, learn to identify common local birds, and contribute to the eBird database!