Objectives:
Explain, draw, or otherwise demonstrate the life cycle of waterfowl.
Describe characteristics of waterfowl.
Describe similarities and differences among different species of waterfowl,
for example: ducks and puffins.
Identify ways that waterfowl depend upon their environment.
Give examples of how one change in a system affects other parts of the
system.
Predict what would be affected if a disease caused the death of all
the waterfowl in the area.
Analyze how the finite resources in an ecosystem limit the types and
populations of organisms within it.
Analyze potential effects of changes in the earth's oceans and atmosphere
on waterfowl.
Create a finished portfolio of the projects in this unit to display
at reviews or family gatherings.
Scriptures: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 2:15, Psalm 115:15-16, Job
35:11, Romans 1:20, Revelation 11:18, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 7:14, Matthew
6:26, Job 12:7, Deuteronomy 22:6-7, Jeremiah 8:7, Genesis 6:7, Genesis
7:3, Genesis 9:1-4, Leviticus 11:13-19, Deuteronomy 14:11-20, Acts 10:9-15,
Psalm 102:6, Psalm 104:16-17
Vocabulary + Spelling: Environment, Conservation, Egg, Duck,
Goose, Ecosystem, Pelican, Stork, Gull, Heron, Nest, Prey, Predator,
Life cycle, Food chain, Food web, Aquatic, Migrate, Ecology, Loons,
Albatross, brood, patches, down, feathers, Penguin
Clipart:
Waterfowl
More
Waterfowl
Ducks
More
Waterfowl
Activities:
1. Create a Cover for your Three-ring binder. If you're using a notebook
with a pocket on the front do this on Paper. If this will be your actual
cover with brads then you'll want to use oak tag or another heavy paper.
I cut a file folder in half and use it as the front and back of my portfolio.
I add Items to the portfolio in this order.
The unit
The daily log
Digital Scrapbook pages, Activity pages and worksheets in the order
the Student completed.
2. Math Supplement: I incorporate math to my units by selecting clipart
to add to the math worksheets you create.
3. Take a field trip to locations where waterfowl can be seen.
4. Look up waterfowl
and browse through the links. Take notes any interesting waterfowl you
find.
5. Draw a food chain for the Waterfowl ecosystem
6. Create a duck
shape book
7. Create a poster illustrating the cycles of Waterfowl life
8. Choose your favorite waterfowl to write a report on.
9. Memorize or Copy the cited scriptures. Write a paragraph about how
they relate to waterfowl? Write a paragraph about how do these Scriptures
affect your thinking? Write a paragraph about what does the Scripture
tell you about the Creator?
10. Use hand lenses to examine feathers picked up at the beach, park
or backyard. Also try looking at them through a microscope. Draw what
you see.
11. Watch Fiction movies that demonstrate the food chain of waterfowl.
An example might be in Finding Nemo the pelicans and seagulls are shown
eating or attempting to eat their natural diet.
12.Printable
penguin shape book
13.Mini
Unit on the Canadian Goose
14.Experiment
for egg shells
15.
Life cyclc unit
16. Ecology
Unit
17. Create a GeoSafari card set matching clipart of a waterfowl species
to its name. Also try making cards that label them in the foreign language
your child is taking.
18.Everything
about Swans
19. SimPark software By Maxis Software is a wonderful program to teach
ecology and park management.
20. Make
an origami duck
21. origami
swan
22. Create
a model of an emperor penguin
23.Create Dice
to use with a Gameboard you make for the unit.
24. Duck
Diorama - Instructions are in German but I was able to figure out
how to make it work.
25. Mandarin
Duck model foreign language
26. Canadian
Goose foreign language
27. Penguin
28. These models are stunningly beautiful when completed but should
only be undertaken by advanced students! - Dancing
Cranes
Yellow
Eyed Penguin
29. Game
to create Animal Town
30.
Game to create Animal Rummy
31. Marine
Dominoes to create
32. Game to create Environ
33. Worksheets-
too many to list no grade level listed but most activities can be handled
by middle to upper grades if not before!
34. How
Do Contaminants Move and Change in an Ecosystem?
35. Some
Ducks Let Young Be Raised by Relatives
36. Q
is for Duck: Using Alphabet Books with Struggling Writers
37. "Superflu"
a Threat as Ducks Emerge as Stealth Carriers
38. What's
in the Speed Range
39. Patuxent
Bird Identification InfoCenter
40. Everglades
the ecosystem of the wood duck.
41. Bearing
Sea ecosystem
42.Humans
Are Driving Birds to Extinction, Group Warns
43. Duck
call vowel study
44. The
Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, Sorry I couldn't resist this familiar
children's tale.
45. Worksheet
46. Worksheet
47. Worksheet
48. Kid Song 6
Little Ducks
49. Kid Song Rubber
Ducky
50. Kid song Little
White Duck
51. Kid song Five
Little Ducks
52. Waterfowl
list
53. Singing
Science Songs
Disclaimer: All links
are for informational purposes only - a link to a web site does not imply
agreement with or endorsement of that site. Because of the changing nature
of the internet, always preview a site before viewing it with your children.
