Last updated: November 4, 2022
Lesson Plan
Migration Friendly School
- Grade Level:
- Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject:
- Science
- Lesson Duration:
- 60 Minutes
Essential Question
● How can we make our school campus more bird friendly to support migratory
birds?
Objective
• Students will be able to define what a watershed is.
• Students will be able to find organisms that live in a certain ecosystem.
• Students will be able to read and share science material.
• Students will be able to create a food chain and a food web.
Preparation
● Recommended to complete the Migration Patterns lesson prior to this lesson.
● If desired, students may do an activity such as Migration Headache in preparation for this lesson.
● Check the weather before preparing to go outside. Have a backup plan in the case of inclement weather.
● (Optional) Reach out to local Audubon Society or other organization to see about providing volunteers to help with campus assessment.
Materials
To engage students in identifying positive and negative factors affecting bird migration. Students will also create an action plan to address any negative factors present on the school campus.
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Procedure
See "materials" for full lesson plan.
Vocabulary
Migration: Migration is the movement of animals from one region to another.
Negative Factor: Something that affects something else in a bad way
Positive Factor: Something that affects something else in a good way