Lesson Plans

Students will learn and practice the numbers and fact families that add to make ten by counting and adding the birds on each page! This simple interactive lesson is perfect for first and second graders.

Students will learn how numbers double with the birds of America’s great Mississippi River!

Students will use nouns, adjectives, verbs, helpers, and punctuation to create a poem based on one of four scenes. Teachers are welcome to substitute different scenes!

Students will learn their ABC’s with the animals of America’s great Mississippi River! This lesson includes expansion ideas and animal sounds.

Students will learn to count and use number words with the animals of America’s great Mississippi River!

Students will learn to read and use color words with the animals of America’s great Mississippi River!

Students will be able to recognize, understand, and use possessive nouns in their writing.

Students will be able to understand and recognize adjectives in written selections and use them in their writing.

Students will be able to understand, recognize, and use prepositional phrases in reading and writing.

This interactive lesson plan helps students learn basic units of time and convert between them. The lesson is suitable for older elementary students and will take one class period to complete.

This interactive lesson plan helps students learn about elapsed time as they calculate the amount of time between events. The lesson is suitable for older elementary students and will take one class period to complete.

This interactive lesson plan helps students improve division skills as they convert inches into feet and inches and learn the basics of measuring in feet. It is suitable for older elementary students and will take one class period to complete.

Students will study the basics of peregrine falcon habitat and nesting behavior and the ways in which human intervention mimics nests and helps nesting efforts. Depending on how the lesson is structured, students will learn about earth and human activity, molecules and organisms, ecosystems, and biological evolution.

Students will observe and understand how eagles deal with food materials they are not able to digest (aka “Casting pellets and shooting poop!”). Along the way, they will learn about structures and process and matter and energy in organisms and ecosystems.

Students will observe and understand similarities and differences between Bald eagles and Peregrine falcons. In the process, they will learn about structure and processes, ecosystems, and heredity and inheritance.

Students will understand the meaning of words connected with Bald Eagles and be able to use them in reading, speaking, and writing.

Students will use prey items collected from a Bald Eagle nest to describe that energy in an animal’s food was once energy from the sun. In the process, they will learn about ecosystem interactions, energy, and dynamics.

Students will understand and describe the process of forming and laying an egg. This lesson plan will help create an understanding of how cells contribute to the function of living organisms and how organisms grow and reproduce.

The teacher and class will observe that Bald Eagles build their nests in 4 different geometric solids: cones, disks, hemispheres, and cylinders.

Students will compare and contrast two similar subjects: eaglets and Emperor Penguin chicks.

Students will learn about migratory flyways and investigate one bird species found on the Mississippi River Flyway.

This lesson plan was published by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in 2013. Activities include connect-the-dots, crossword puzzles, word finds, coloring pages, and much more. The activities vary in difficulty and length and are designed to meet various learning levels from 2nd through 6th grades.

This coloring book was published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2008. It includes 21 coloring pages of listed species along with simple facts, a range map, an index of common and scientific names, and illustrations of the species in real life.

Students will create ethograms and journals based on what they observe in a Bald Eagle’s nest.

Students will investigate lead poisoning and other human threats to Bald Eagles and create a public service announcement to help foster behavior change in people.

Students will make observations and understand the changes an eaglet goes through from hatch to fledging.

Elementary students will create a story web and write an opinion piece in which they introduce a topic, state opinions, and supply reasons to support their opinion.

Students will learn about the digestive systems of Bald Eagles and compare and contrast them with human digestive systems.

Students will identify observable character traits belonging to Mom and DM2 and use them to explain or justify how they know which eagle is Mom and which eagle is DM2.

Students will use historical data to predict when Mom will lay her first egg.

Students will learn about the differences and similarities between adult male and female bald eagles, and relate the information to inherited traits and instincts.

Students will use an eagle cam and chickens to explain how eaglets and chicks are alike and different.

Students will analyze video and data of blackfly infestations and consider their impact on wildlife and humans.

Students will use labeling to understand information in text.

Students will learn about the science of phenology by journaling activities in a bald eagle’s nest.

Students will learn and write about three collective nouns connected to Bald Eagles.