Students will study the basics of peregrine falcon habitat and nesting behavior and the ways in which human intervention mimics nests and helps nesting efforts.

Students will observe and understand how eagles deal with food materials they are not able to digest through watching videos, classroom discussion, and possibly pellet dissection.

Students will observe and understand similarities and differences between Bald eagles and Peregrine falcons and summarize their findings in an organized way or via a classroom presentation.

Students will use words acquired through reading, being read to, and conversation to discuss and write about Bald Eagles.

Students will study the diet of bald eagles at the Decorah North Nest.

Students will study eggs and egg formation in a female bald eagle.

The teacher and class will observe that Bald Eagles build their nests in 4 different geometric solids.

They will use their knowledge to compare and contrast eaglets and emperor penguin chicks. T

It includes 21 coloring pages of listed species along with simple facts, a range map, an index of common and scientific names, and illustrations of the species in real life.

Welcome to the fascinating world of shorebirds!

Students will learn about migratory flyways and investigate one bird species found on the Mississippi Flyway.

Students will learn how researchers use ethograms to draw conclusions about animal behavior and create their own ethograms based on activities in a Bald Eagle nest.

Middle school students will learn about the digestive systems of Bald Eagles and compare/contrast them with human digestive systems.

Students will read blogs and books and look at photos of eaglets in various developmental stages to learn about the changes an eagle goes through as it moves from hatch to fledge. 

Students will use photos of Mom (a female eagle) and DM2 (a male eagle) to identify observable traits and use them to explain or justify how they know which eagle is Mom and which eagle is DM2.

Blackfly Infestation describes the impact that blackflies can have on nestling birds and asks students to evaluate data and think deeply about the local challenges of global climate change.

Teachers will hatch chickens in their classroom, giving students a chance to interact with the chicks and observe the differences between chicks and eaglets first hand.

Students will use a Venn diagram to assign bald eagle facts to adult male and female bald eagles.

Middle school students will learn about the science of phenology by journaling.

Our waterfowl and shorebird libraries can be watched and enjoyed by themselves or used in conjunction with our lesson plans.