Write your recipes using fractions. After studying data, students make graphs to illustrate birds' weights, wingspans, egg sizes, wing beats per second, distances traveled during migration, flying speeds, and so on. Students measure and compare students' arm spans to birds' wingspans. Students write word problems using data from problem 2. They share their problems with other students in the class.
Students count and record the total number of birds visiting the school grounds.
They make a pie graph to illustrate each species as a part of the whole. Students visit a local bird store. They then set up in the classroom a mock bird store, where bird food and products can be bought and sold. Students visit a local pet store and compare prices for various birds. Students design and, if possible, construct bird feeders or birdhouses.