 |
 Meeting
national and state education standards is an essential goal
of Flying WILD: An Educator's Guide to Celebrating Birds.
The instructional materials are adapted to support state
and national science education standards and assessment criteria
for middle school grades.
Every
activity in the Guide includes an "In Step With Science
Standards" box, indicating the activity's specific correlations
to National Science Education Standards.
The
study of birds lends itself to numerous curriculum connections.
The activities you choose can connect teachers and their students
to Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, Language Arts, Art,
and many more subjects. For the Teacher-led and Volunteer-led
Activities, the Guide list the cross-disciplinary subjects
that are most relevant to the particular activity. In some
cases, the "Zoom In, Zoom Out" extension boxes offer
suggestions for ways to expand the activity to include additional
subject areas and learning styles.
Awareness
of birds and their conservation needs easily leads to action
projects that connect the curriculum to the real world. Students
put their knowledge and ideas into practice by solving problems
and helping the environment in immediate ways. Flying WILD:
An Educator's Guide to Celebrating Birds and its activities
inspire action, learning and fun!
To ensure that instruction
and learning correlate with state and national education standards,
activities in the Guide typically involve an inquiry
approach to instruction. In addition to a statement of instructional
objectives, each activity provides an assessment section that
suggests at least one way to evaluate student's work, accomplishments,
or performance. While some evaluations may assess student
understanding of factual information, others ask students
to demonstrate a theoretical or applied conceptual understanding.
While meeting the needs of the classroom teacher,
Flying WILD: An Educator's Guide to Celebrating Birds
easily adapts to audiences in informal learning settings, such
as after-school programs, nature centers, museums, youth organizations,
and others. The material is built around the fundamental principles
of providing scientifically sound information, engaging learners
in hands-on activities, and helping young people evaluate choices
and make responsible decisions. |
