Below is a list of activities carried out by educators participating in Citizen Science projects. Email us at schoolyard@cornell.edu to share your ideas.

• Students create a classification poster of birds seen in the schoolyard by classifying each bird into Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.

• Create a Taxonomic Key for common birds visiting schoolyard. Example: If the bird has a crest, go to line 2. If bird does not have a crest, go to line 3.

• Build bird feeders and bird houses and discuss where to put them up. Examples

• Dissect owl pellets

• Decorate your school yard with tasty treats for the birds. Examples and Recipes

• Print the online coloring book and have kids color the birds using field guides or posters
   
• Take a bird walk and talk about habitat

• Find a pigeon flock and count the number and colors of pigeons

• Make bird identification flash cards. Each students can be an expert of one particular species.

• Set up your feeder area with your students.

• Have a brainstorming session to come up with questions about birds that can be researched. Examples of student research.

• Pair up younger children and older children as “birding buddies".