1. INTRODUCTION TO OSPREY
PRE-ACTIVITY: (One forty minute lesson) Students will be introduced to information
and important facts about ospreys.
Students will:
1. Read about ospreys.
2. Create fact sheets to be used in a post-activity osprey migration game.
3. Write a short vignette about one day in the life of a male osprey
Introduction/Motivation: Video/web cam of osprey.
1. Osprey camera at Blackwater Reservoir,
Maryland
www.friendsofblackwater.org/osprey.html
OR
2. Osprey nest camera at Loch Garten, Scotland
www.rspb.org.uk/webcams/
Jigsaw Reading and Fact Sheet Activity:
In groups of four each student will:
1. Be given reading material about ospreys differentiated according to reading
ability. ( 1 low, 2 medium, 1 high level)
2. Based on the reading material, create a fact sheet of at least ten facts to be
shared with the group and used for the post-activity osprey migration game.
Assessment: Quick write about “A day in the life of a Male Osprey named __________”.
ACTIVITY: OSPREY MIGRATION LESSON
POST-ACTIVITY: (One forty minute lesson) Students will play the Osprey Migration
game. The person who arrives “home” first wins the game.