Backyard Bird Feeder | WQED Education Activity
Support Materials
Make a Bird Feeder Instructions
Want to know even more about the feathered friends you’ll find at your backyard bird feeder? Check out this interactive game, Backyard Bird.
Molly and her friend Tooey hear a strange sound and discover that a small owl is hiding in the bunkhouse in this 11-minute animated story, “Bird in Hand,” from PBS Kids series Molly of Denali™.
Use this Field Guide to Birds from MOLLY OF DENALI™ to identify and learn more about birds in your neighborhood. Then seek out additional information and create your own pages to add to Molly’s guide.
About
Bri from WQED Education, along with the help of her daughters – Lila and Della – are walking you through the steps to create a “Backyard Bird Feeder” from upcycled materials you can find around your house.
Credits: WQED
Standards
PA Science & Engineering Standards (PreK-3)
How to Make a Simple Bird Feeder
- 3.1.PK.A Explore and describe living and nonliving things.
- 3.1.K.A Observe and identify similarities and differences among living things and their environments.
- 3.1.2.A Identify and describe the basic needs of plants and animals.
- 3.1.3.A Explain how living things depend on their environment to meet their needs.
- 4.1.PK.A Identify living and nonliving components of the environment.
- 4.1.1.A Identify characteristics of living and nonliving things in the environment.
- 4.1.2.A Describe how organisms depend on resources in their habitats.
- 3.2.PK.A Ask questions, make observations, and explore the natural world.
- 3.2.K.B Use inquiry and observation to investigate questions about the world.
- 3.2.1.A Plan and carry out investigations to answer questions and test ideas.
- 3.4.PK.A Use tools and materials to create, build, and test ideas.
- 3.4.K.A Explore how tools and materials can be used to solve problems.
- 3.4.1.A Apply knowledge and skills to complete a design challenge.
- 3.4.2.A Use a design process to develop, test, and improve solutions.
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