The document summarizes a year-long study of birds conducted by 53-54 fifth grade students at Angell Elementary School. The students learned about birds through field trips, art, research projects, and classroom science activities. They went on birdwatching trips with an ornithologist, created bird art, toured a museum exhibit on birds in art, researched individual bird species, studied bird adaptations, dissected owl pellets, and observed sandhill cranes on a field trip. The multi-disciplinary project integrated the study of birds into different subject areas.

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2. Angell Bird Study Brief Summary of Project Fifty third and fourth grade students at Angell Elementary School participated in a year long, multi-disciplinary, thematic study of birds. The students learned about birds through different modalities. They studied birds in science, art, and language arts.

3. Bird Watching Field Exeperience In the fall, winter, and spring students experienced birds in the field by taking trips to Nichols Arboretum with a local ornithologist, Dea Armstrong.

4. Birds in Art The students worked with the art teacher, Susan Sanch, at Angell to create bird pictures. They also went on a docent led “Birds in Art” tour at the UMMA; and sketched birds at the bird exhibit area at the UM Exhibit Museum.

5. Bird Research and Reports in the Classroom Each student researched and became an expert on a chosen bird.

6. Birds in AAPS Science Curriculum Students studied bird adaptations in the Habitats science unit. The students participated in a simulation that helped them better understand bill adaptions for getting and eating food. They then focused specifically on owls and their unique role in the food web. As part of this study, students dissected owl pellets and were entertained by a live raptor presentation. Students went on an Environmental Education field trip to the Waterloo Recreation area to observe and learn about sandhill cranes.