The document outlines several project ideas for students to learn about eagles: 1) Create a journal from recycled materials to record observations of eagles from a live cam. 2) Make a paper mache egg and decorate it with eagle facts to summarize what was learned. 3) Research how eagles are represented in American art history and how their characteristics reflect American ideals.

1. Project Ideas
Create a journal from recycled material
1. Gather materials to create the journal
-Recycled materials ex: old cereal boxes, fabric, newspaper, used
wrapping paper, paint, string and needle, and any other sort of
decoration students wish to add.
-This site provides directions on how to make a journal
http://www.lilblueboo.com/2009/07/making-composition-book-art-
journal.html
(old library books/notebooks could be an alternative choice)
-These sites give detailed instructions on bookbinding
http://www.jamiebutler.com/tutorials/bookbinding3.php
http://www.squidoo.com/bookbindingtutorial
2. Upon completion of the student’s journals, they can begin to log their
everyday observations taken from the eagle cam.
-These observations could include: development of the eaglets, eating
and sleeping patterns, diet, etc.
Objective: Through writing in their journals student’s will be able to
produce summaries of their observations, sketches, reflections on the
eagles and their lifestyle, and possibly compare/contrast an eagle’s
life to their own.
Paper mache an egg and decorate the outside with eagle facts and pictures
1. Materials needed:
-Plastic Easter eggs, glue, balloons, newspaper, grocery bags?, tape
-Sites give directions on how to make paper mache eggs
http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/papiermacheeastereggs/
http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/quick_how_to/papiermacheba
lloon/papiermacheballoon.html
2. Begin gathering facts to paste to the “eagle egg”
-Factual sites about eagles
http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/eagle-facts.html
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/jhayesboh/trips/eagles/EAGLE_FACTS
HTM
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Birds/Facts/FactSheets/fact-
baldeagle.cfm
3. Once facts have been gathered and decorated on the egg, students
may summarize what they have learned about eagles from the project.
Objective: Along with decorating, gathering and citing resources used
for their egg, students will again, summarize what they have gathered
from the process of creating their egg.

2. Eagles included in U.S. art history
1. With given sites, note the significance that the eagle holds within
America’s past and present.
Why are eagles included in American art? What do they
symbolize? How does this symbolization represent America?
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Sculpture_25_
00003.htm
http://www.eagles.org/programs/eagle-facts/american-
indian.php
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/usa/native-american-
eagle-symbols/2270
Objective: Student’s will be able to find correlations between
characteristics of the eagle and how those characteristics reflect
what America represents. In order to understand the
symbolization of the eagle representing America, students will
need to look throughout history to recognize their significance.
Study the environment eagles live in
1. Student’s may either look to the eagle cam to provide them
with the information needed to see the environment eagles live in,
or find information elsewhere.
2. Students can create a mock eagles nest/environment in the
classroom by gathering sticks, leaves, etc.
Objective: By noting the eagle’s environment, students will
recognize how this environment helps to sustain an eagle’s life
(what does the environment have to provide for the eagle).
http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/bald-eagle-habitat.html
Interview with an eagle
1. After viewing the web cam depict what an eagle would say or do in
an interview
2. Develop questions to ask the eagle
-What’s your favorite food?
-Who do you dislike the most?
-What’s your favorite activity?
-Where do you come from?
-Where is your favorite place to be?
3. Answer the questions as if you were the eagle
Objective: By answering these questions students will need
know information about the eagle. They can use research
and their imaginations to produce answers.