Background Information:

• Beginning Birding [Video]
• www.allaboutbirds.org
• Birding by Ear

• Birding activities for kids (all ages)
• Lifelong Learning Birding courses
• Bird Anatomy (all ages)
• How birds fly (Grades K-4) [Video]

• Bird Mystery! (Grades 5-8)

• Urban Birding by Ear
• All about woodpeckers [Podcast episode]
• Migratory Birds (Grades K-5) [Video]
• Iowa PBS Phenomena

​Bird Feeding

• What to plant to attract birds 
• Project Feederwatch Citizen Science Initiative
• Hummingbird Nectar Recipe

Helping birds

• Birds & Gardening (6-8th Grade)
• Ways to help birds
• Citizen Science opportunities

Local Groups/Resources

• Prairie Rapids Audubon Society
• Find local birds (check local hotspots)
• Iowa Young Birders
• Iowa Ornithologist Union
• Bird Friendly Iowa
• ​Iowa-centric Birding Facebook Groups:
  • Iowa Birding
  • Iowa Young Birders
  • Iowa Ornithologists' Union
  • Iowa Bird Photography
  • Owl About Iowa

Just for Fun

• ​John J. Audubon's Birds of America - Each print is also available as a free high-resolution download.

Pre-Made Activities/Curriculum:

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology curriculum - click here
• Project WILD - Curriculum book
• Project WET - Curriculum book
• Various Water Rocks! activities - click here
• What makes a bird a bird - click here (accompanying teacher's guide, click here)
• Smithsonian Museum "Follow that Bird" Curriculum - click here

Supplies Available:

• Various taxidermied mounts with matching cards (Note: We will not be allowing handling of the mounts by students. The mounts can't withstand the amount of handling each year.)
• Various taxidermied specimen "parts" (i.e. feet, wings, heads, etc)
  
• Bird field guides
• Printed anatomy diagrams
• Binoculars
• Water Rocks! activity components (please let us know which specific activities you are looking at so we can check our supplies)