Things to Think about One of your first decisions will be how and where to conduct your study. If one of you has a feeding station at home, you could gather data there. If not, you could establish a feeding station at your school. It need not be elaborate. Although birds will use feeders throughout the year, winter tends to concentrate foraging activity around feeders.
Snow cover helps even more.
Let your students design everything from beginning to end, but encourage them to investigate different phenomena. We have mentioned Project FeederWatch above. Note, however, that FeederWatchers pay a fee and agree to keep careful records according to the Project's specifications.