Owl Moon
Among the greatest charms of children is their ability to view a simple activity as a magical adventure. Such as a walk in the woods late at night. Jane Yolen captures this wonderment in a book whose charm rises from its simplicity. "It was late one winter night, long past my bedtime, when Pa and I went owling." The two walked through the woods with nothing but hope and each other in a journey that will fascinate many a child. John Schoenherr's illustrations help bring richness to the countryside adventure. The book won the 1988 Caldecott Medal. (amazon.com review)
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The author is also the illustrator.
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Online Units and Resources for Owl Moon
Owl Moon
From TeacherViews. (Grades 1-3) (Y)
An Owl in the Woods
From ArtsEdge.com (Grades K-4) (Y)
Owl Moon Lapbook
(Y)
Walking in the Woods with Owl Moon
(Grade 4) (Y)
Guided reading using OWLS
Uses Four Blocks - Guided Reading, Self-Selected Reading, Writing, and Working with Words approach to learning (Y)
Owl Moon Lesson Plan
(Grade 3) (Y)
Owl Lesson Plan
From School@Home.com (Y)
Go-alongs about Birds
All About Birds - From Enchanted Learning: Zoom Birds. Everything you wanted to know about birds including jokes! (Y)
Bird Unit Study - From EasyFunSchool.com (Y, M, O, T)
Birdathon - From the Audubon Society, this project not only teaches birding techniques, it raises money for environmental conservation, education, and advocacy. (Y, M, O, T)
Birding / Wild Birds - From About.com (Y, M, O, T)
Birding / Wild Birds Clipart - From About.com (Y, M, O, T)
Birds of prey - lesson integrating the Internet into a study of predators. Grades 6-8 (Y,M)
BirdSource - From Cornell University, this site is centered on "birding with a purpose". (Y, M, O, T)
Cardinal Coloring Page - From Kidzone - Free fun facts for kids. Free printable activity worksheets. (Y)
Cardinal Printable Worksheet - From ABCTeach (Y)
Dinner, It's for the Birds! - From the National Bird-Feeding Society, activities on making bird feeders. (Y,M)
Duck Glossary - (Y)
Endangered and Threatened Species of Alaska Curriculum - Center for Alaska Coastal Studies. Materials focus on selected Alaskan species that are threatened, endangered, or at risk. Learn about wildlife population dynamics, the factors that may place species at risk, and efforts by people to help wildlife species recover.
The teaching packet is designed to help you introduce the concepts of "biodiversity" and "endangered" to your students in a hands-on interactive way. (Y, M, O, T)
Mastery of Flight, Birds - (Y)
Measuring Ducks - (Y)
NestWatch - "NestWatch is a nest-monitoring project developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, and funded by the National Science Foundation... We invite people of all ages who are interested in the natural world to help monitor the success of nesting birds and better understand the threats they face. Your valuable nest observations will be permanently stored as legacy data along with hundreds of thousands of other nesting records. When combined, these data will provide a wealth of information about breeding birds and the factors that influence their success across different landscapes." (Y, M, O, T)
NestWatch - NestWatch is a nest-monitoring project developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, and funded by the National Science Foundation... We invite people of all ages who are interested in the natural world to help monitor the success of nesting birds and better understand the threats they face. Your valuable nest observations will be permanently stored as legacy data along with hundreds of thousands of other nesting records. (Y, M, O, T)
Operation Ruby-Throat - The Hummingbird Project from the Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History; comprehensive hummingbird site with lots of info for educators (Y, M, O, T)
Peterson Online - Excellent resource with basics of birdwatching, identification, and calendar (Y, M, O, T)
Project Feeder Watch - Homeschool students across North America can learn about science and have fun while they count birds and record information that scientists need to understand the movements and abundance of feeder birds. Project FeederWatch, a citizen-science project from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Bird Studies Canada, is a perfect fit for the homeschool curriculum. The Homeschooler's Guide to Project FeederWatch is now available online. (Y, M, O, T)
Shorebird Sister Schools Program - Our mission is to inspire shorebird and habitat conservation by connecting people along flyways. Shorebirds are fascinating to study and open doors to other cultures. (Y, M, O, T)
Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory - (SABO) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the birds of southeastern Arizona, their habitats and the diversity of species that share those habitats through research, monitoring and public education. (Y, M, O, T)
State facts - State birds, Animals and Flowers (Y)
Stellaluna - This unit is about fruit bats. (Y)
To Feed or Not To Feed - From About.com - Should you feed wild birds (Y, M, O, T)
To Feed or Not to Feed Wildlife? - From The Humane Society of the United States. Includes articles on "A Closer Look at Wildlife", "Issues Facing Wildlife", "Feeding Birds in Winter", "Found an Injured or Orphaned Animal?", "Help Migratory Birds in Your Own Backyard", "Owls in Our Midst ", and Solving Problems with Your Wild Neighbors", and "The Mysteries of Migration". (Y, M, O, T)
Wisconsin bird watching - (Y)
Zoom Birds - Educational site geared towards kids with printouts, birdwatching, and bird activities. Contains evolution. (Y, M)
Go-alongs about Predators (Owls)
Aquatic food webs - Students will explore aquatic food webs and create a web using Inspiration. 3rd Grade (y)
Birds of prey - lesson integrating the Internet into a study of predators. Grades 6-8 (Y,M)
Freshwater Food Webs - (Y)
Predator-prey simulation - Students will simulate predator prey interactions, the numbers of predator and prey in their “ecosystem” will be recorded and graphed. (Y,M)
Snow Leopard Trust - With programs on the ground in five snow leopard range countries and connections with researchers and conservation organizations all over the globe, the Snow Leopard Trust is a leader in the effort to secure the snow leopard's future. (Y,M)
Water on the web - The Food Web - (Y)
Wolves - (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Tracks
Go-alongs about Planets and Moons
Apollo 11 Story - On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body. Get the Apollo 11 story from launch to splashdown. (Y,M)
Jim Lovell: An Astronaut's Story - This site is a brief encapsulation of the life and career of Jim Lovell, a career NASA astronaut. The information resources provided as clickable links are for anyone interested in rockets, space flight, space in general, and NASA. (Y,M)
Maps of the Solar System - from NASA, select your planetary system of choice and download maps, or browse the surface features of your favorite planet or satellite! (Y, M, O, T)
Orrery - "So named in honor of Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery… An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions, positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system." (Y, M, O, T)