Parrots Lesson Plans - LessonCorner

1. Bird Feeder
...w-sill and watch your favorite feathered friends fly in to feast! Talk About It: Ask your child to tell you what facts he/she found most interesting about birds in spoken English, Spanish or your own native language. Take It Further: So you think you might want a parrot for a pet? Did you know that parrots can live up to 80 years? Encourage your child to use English and Spanish, or your own native language, to read and talk about the facts listed below. Parrots are wild animals, not domesticated like most dogs and cats Parrots are social, active and need lots of attention Parrots bite and chew on most...

2. Birds of a Feather: Parrots, Pigeons, Parakeets, and More
Birds of a Feather: Parrots, Pigeons, Parakeets, and More Birds of a Feather: Parrots, Pigeons, Parakeets, and More Dolley Madison: Education, Arts, Letters and Ideas Skill: Elementary School Time Required: Two to three class periods + + -+ Linkable Resources -+ Dolley Madison Juvenile Biography -+ + + + + -+ Standards Complia...

3. Hunting and Gathering in the African Rain Forest
...e books. Explain how large many of the trees are and that they are very close together, with lots of undergrowth. Some of the animals that live in the rain forest are: baboons, squirrels, frogs, lizards, snakes, bees, bats, humming birds, birds, moths, fish, beetles, caterpillars, rodents, monkeys, parrots, tortoises, termites, and snails. Big game is rare in the rain forest. Some plants they eat are: palm fruit and oil, bananas, fruits, and nuts. Many of the people also eat honey. 5. Have the students create a story about a Mbuti hunting or gathering food in the African rain forest. Evaluation: The s...

4. Ornamental Ponds
...tudents will understand how to set up an ornamental pond. Educational Resources: Photos of fish flash card Photos of water plants--flash cards Word search of lesson terms Pictures of water filters Reference Materials: Information aboutthe following: PLANTS - waterlilies, anacris,oxygenating plants; parrots feather, oxygenating; water Hyacinths; Umbrella Palm,tropical (keep potted for winter removal) FILTERS - sealed units or volcanis rock FISH - calicoes, comets, shubunkin, black moors, butterfly koi, catfish, fantails, sarassa comet, koi LINER - 45 ml thich OTHER - snails, tadpoles fish are fed once...

5. Evolution Rules Over Intelligent Design
...t common ancestors and how traits get passed 7-12 along through lineages. Then, you'll stop for a review of these first concepts. · Know Your Copyrights - Law / Technology 7-12 When you've completed the review, open Folder 2. Here, you'll discover how · North Korea's caimans, a type of reptile, and parrots are related. Power Play - Social Studies / History 7-12 As you learn more about tracing lineages, you'll click on the points that · New Leader for illustrate common ancestors among species shown on the diagram. Again, you'll United Nations - Social stop for a review. Studies / Government 7-10 · Popu...

6. Las Vegas Zoo Wildlife Adventures 3-5
...l- like front teeth for eating hard plant parts. Vocabulary So far, we have been saying meat-eating and plant-eating animals. There are actually special names for these animals. Carnivore: An animal that eats mostly meat. (wolf, eagle, and snake) Herbivore: An animal that eats mostly plants. (deer, parrots, iguanas) Omnivore: an animal that eats fairly equal amounts of both plants and meat. (turtle, man) Putting It Explain to the students that they will be researching an idea for a new Together restaurant where the customers will be turtles, tigers, and parrots. Divide the class into smaller groups of...

7. Lesson7.html
...out this page and then transfer your group's information to a note card for the tour! My group member are: We are going to research: Description of the animal: Five important facts about our animal: I like this animal because: Animals to chose from are: Sloth Toucan-Emerald Quetzal Squirrel Monkey Parrots Golden Toad Blue Morpo Return to the Costa Rica Unit page Return to the Exemplary Lesson Plan page

8. Making Friends (Christopher Columbus/American Indians)
...h a black magic marker. Cover the pattern with glue and sprinkle finely-cut tissue paper over the parrot. Allow the parrot to dry. 7.)Have students role-play Christopher Columbus and his crew exchanging gifts with the natives. (Spaniards give their beads and bells to the natives. Natives give their parrots and gold nuggets to Columbus and his crew.) Attachments: Some PARROT PATTERN.doc files will display in a new window. Others will prompt you to download. Assessment AHSGE I-1 Strategies: Extension: Remediation: Accommodation: Each area below is a direct link to general teaching strategies/classroom a...

9. Using Tattooing to Teach Boolean Searching.
...the catalog that have both bikers and tattoos in the record? 5. Type in the word bigfoot into the catalog. How could you exclude the records that include the word truck if you searched again? 6. How could you construct a search that brought up the most records if you were looking for books on both parrots and turtles? 7. Type the word tattoos into WilsonSelect (or fill in general database you are teaching). How many results are there? Narrow the search down to articles that are about both tattoos and art. 8. Can you find any records in WilsonSelect that are about tattoos but not about art? How many r...

10. Who Says?
...d, have clear pictures and drawings, use words that students can understand, define science terms, and contain little advertising. Bring up a web site that has a lot of scientific jargon such as African Grey Parrot Research Studies (See the results section of this paper for information on what grey parrots are capable of doing!) and one that has intrusive advertising such as African Greys World. Discuss reasons for jargon and advertising. Accurate: If the web site is questionable or the facts seem unbelievable (such as birds have three eyelids, walk on their toes, or swallow small pebbles), cross refe...