Have you ever wondered what birds live near you? Join bird scientist Trevor Attenberg as he helps us learn how to use our ears to answer that question. Listen up and find out all about the bird species who live in your area.
In This Lesson
This lesson contains several resources developed to help students follow the podcast, including two hands-on investigations that students can perform to help them better understand how scientists can learn about the ocean even if they can’t see all of it at once.
For students, it includes a Listening Guide that they can use to follow along with the podcast while they listen to it one section at a time, as well as an episode transcript.
For teachers, the Resource Packet contains lesson plans, standards alignment, suggestions on how to use this podcast in class, as well as activity instructions and other printouts to give to students.
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
- 3-LS3-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
- 3-LS3-2: Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
- 3-LS4-3: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
- 3-LS4-4: Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there change.
Common Core Standards
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1 / SL.4.1 / SL.5.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.4 / SL.4.4 / SL.5.4: Report on a topic with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2 / W.4.2 / W.5.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7 / W.4.7 / W.5.7: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.