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In this exciting adventure, students will learn about birds of prey with LIVE animals! Students will explore general concepts of physics such as lift, force and aerodynamics. Students will also learn how the shape, color and characteristics of birds impact their habitat and diet.
Required Materials: None
Tech Requirements: Hosted on Zoom
Recording: Not yet posted
Key Terms & Vocabulary
Predator Prey Adaptation Lift Force
Aerodynamic Habitat Niche Talon Beak
Wing span
NC Standard Course of Study Alignment for Grades 3 through 8
Science
3rd Grade
3.P.1 Understand motion and factors that affect motion.
3.P.2.1 Recognize that air is a substance that surrounds us, takes up space and has mass.
3.P.2.2 Compare solids, liquids, and gases based on their basic properties.
4th Grade
4.L.1 Understand the effects of environmental changes, adaptations and behaviors that enable animals (including humans) to survive in changing habitats.
5th Grade
5.P.1.1 explain how factors such as gravity, friction, and change in mass affect the motion of objects.
5.L.3 Understand why organisms differ from or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.
7th Grade
7.L.1 Understand the processes, structures and functions of living organisms that enable them to survive, reproduce and carry out the basic functions of life.
8th Grade
8.L.3 Understand how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environment.
ELA
3rd Grade
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
4th Grade
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
5th Grade
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
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