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$8.95
Your order will be shipped by UPS ground or Priority Mail. We ship on Saturday morning.
USA destinations only.
Outside the USA:
Sorry, we do not ship retail orders to destinations outside the USA, except for APO addresses.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
For Bird Observations
1 pair of 8x21 binoculars
1 34 page full color photo guide of birds
1 wild bird feeder*
1 bag of mixed birdseed
1 set of bird identification sheets
*You provide the plastic soda bottle for this.
For Experimentation and Modeling
2 flight feathers
1 down feather
1 Sets of bird stickers
1 bottle of black tempera paint
2 different bird gliders
1 aerodynamics kit (balloons and straws)
To Guide you on your Exploration
14 Student Lessons with a Parent Guide
(see PDFs of sample lessons in the
table of contents below)
Also available as part of the 43 lesson triple set:
DISCOVERING BIRDS
The included binoculars are these TASCO 8x21
shown at right
Also comes with Student Lesson Book & Parent Guide.
PDF samples can be seen below in the Table of Contents.
In DISCOVERING BIRDS you will:
DISCOVER BIRDS WITH THE PORTABLE TRAVEL BINOCULARS
- Construct and deploy a WILD BIRD FEEDER and watch birds visit.
- Grab the FIELD GUIDE and go on a BIRD SAFARI.
- Learn to identify birds by their songs.
MODEL HOW BIRDS FLY
- Learn the SECRETS OF FLIGHT!
- Feel the LIFT on a large flight feather!
- Write a letter with a quill pen that YOU MAKE!
14 LESSONS, half of the observing birds and half modeling birds.
- 20 activities in 14 lessons
- Enough equipment for two children working together. You provide is
one soda bottle.
- Includes BINOCULARS and a BACKYARD BIRD GUIDE for birds of North
America
- Planet charts so you will know where the planets are in the evenings.
"My children just loved the bird kit! . . .Your hands-on approach is a wonderful teaching tool. Your kits having supplies ALREADY included is a haven for our busy, sometimes overloaded schedules." - Mindy Slippy, Cedar Rapids
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DISCOVERING BIRDS
Also available without binoculars, in case you have your own. To order, first choose whether you want binoculars with your kit.
Pop-Ups:
This kit is designed for one or two children who could work together as lab partners.
BEST DEAL: Buy as part of the 43 lesson triple set,
ASTRONOMY, BIRDS and MAGNETISM.
NEW! Create your own
2-in-1 kit or 3-in-1 kit and save money.
Save $10 for each topic beyond the first [savings included in prices shown].
Or use this to double or triple the equipment in any one topic.
Choose First Topic . . .
then Second Topic . . .
and Third Topic (optional)
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR BIRDS
1) Constructing Your Bird Feeder - Recycle a soda bottle by making it into a bird feeder.
(CLICK HERE TO SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
2) Putting Up Your Bird Feeder - Choose the best spot for your new bird feeder.
3) Other Types of Feeders (optional) - Eight other types of feeders that you can easily make at home.
4) What to Expect at Your Feeder - Use your Backyard Birds guidebook to complete a crossword puzzle.
5) Observing Birds at Your Feeder - Learn how to make detailed observations of birds.
(CLICK HERE TO SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
6) A Bird's Eye View - Investigate an owl's depth perception and a songbird's peripheral vision. While you're at it, test your own.
7) Birds of a Feather - Investigate the differences between flight feathers and down feathers.
8) Making a Quill Pen - Make a flight feather into a quill pen, then use it to write a letter.
(CLICK HERE TO SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
9) Experiments with Gliders - Use a bird glider to investigate how kinetic energy can change into potential energy and back again.
(CLICK HERE TO SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
10) Gliding - Riding the Wind - Build world class paper airplanes with the included templates.
11) Aerodynamics - Float a balloon over a straw to experience how an object is drawn toward a fast moving stream of air.
(CLICK HERE TO SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
12) Lift - the Key to Flight - Feel the lift on a flight feather. Learn how this lift is caused by the feather's shape.
13) Bird Song Safari - Learn how to identify birds by their songs.
(CLICK HERE TO SEE PDF OF THIS LESSON)
14) Bird Watching on a Family Trip - This game can add a bit of fun to a family trip while pointing out birds you
otherwise might not notice.
