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  • A WonderGrove for Birds

    Use these animated videos to engage in joyful learning about birds and how you can help!

  • 2025 National Science Teachers Association Conference Workshops

    Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025

    Time: 3:40 – 4:40 pm EST

    Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center – 120 A

    Strand: #Trending in Science Education

    Description: Feeding birds can spark kids’ curiosity, interest in the outdoors, and engagement with science. You can make the experience more meaningful by incorporating engineering…

  • Spark STEM Mindset with Participatory Science

    This guide engages your students in a real-world science project and has them submit their data to one of the world’s largest biodiversity databases.

  • 2025 Summer Educator Retreat

    We are excited to invite you to the newly redesigned Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s visitor center for a transformative learning experience!

    This year’s program includes hands-on activities and outdoor exploration, and will be a time for discovery and nature connection. We…

  • Spark Local Connections with Bird Identification

    This guide fosters connections to your local habitats by using the Merlin app to identify the birds you see and hear in your community.

  • Spark Curiosity with Sit Spots

    With so much to see outside, it’s no wonder that students are curious about what is happening in the world around them! When they explore nature, they are often full of questions: Why are the clouds so fluffy today? What…

  • Spark Observations with Streaming Wildlife Cams

    Using wildlife cams in the classroom is a great tool for helping students hone their observation skills. The Next Generation Science Standards uses science practices, such as observation, to build critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Wildlife cams capture students’ attention…

  • Student-designed feeders.
    Spark Design Thinking with a Feeder Design Challenge

    In this spark activity, students use their engineering and construction skills to design and build a bird feeder that will help their local birds. This design challenge ignites student’s curiosity, expands their engineering skills, and fosters collaboration as they work…

  • 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.