Classroom Activity #1 - Bird Life Cycles

This information comes from the Environment for the Americas website, who is responsible for putting together World Migratory Bird Day held during the second weekend of each May. *These are all their materials!*

The idea is to connect students to the ephemeral visits that migratory birds have to North Americans ecosystems. This also helps to develop a more World-minded view of the birds life as this lesson illustrates that these species are dependent on ecosystems in Latin and South America, maybe even Antarctica or Oceania!

To accomplish this, each student starts with a blank template:

After a lesson about learning about the breeding and migratory cycles of birds, they can start to fill out what different species are doing during the different months.
An example that they provided is the American Redstart:

This is a great way to involve geography, artistic talent, temporal learning and conservation all into one lesson!

More of their classroom activities can be found here on their website. Remember to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day in your classrooms!