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BOOKS

A Birders Guide to Southern California, Holt, Harold, 1990.

 

Birds-Peterson First Guide,1980, Peterson, Roger Tory

 

Birds of the Ballona Wetlands, National Audubon Society, Kahane, Daniel

 

For The Birds, U>S Fish & Wildlife Service

 

Hall of Birds- study and Activity Guide, Screiber, Ralph

 

Project wild- 1985- Distributed by Western Association of Fish and Wildlife.

 

Naturescope; Birds, Birds, Birds. 1985, Braus, Judy, ed.

 

 

CORE LITERATURE

Are You My Mother

The Best Nest

The Crow and Mrs. Gaddy

Stellaluna

Chicken Little

Make Way for Ducklings

Crow Boy

 

WEB PAGES

California State Standards

http://www.cde.ca.gov/board/science.html

 

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Teachers on the wing working together to learn and share their talents.

OTHER TIPS

Practice with toilet paper rolls before using real binoculars.

Invest in clipboards for each student.

Discuss observation and how to be silent when counting birds.

Let the students come up with their own questions for the investigation.

Students can design their own research based on what theywant to know.

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