Rainforest Alliance
Rainforest Alliance Learning Site
Web: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/education/teachers/index.html

We created the Rainforest Alliance Learning Site filled with free, complete lesson plans, stories (available in English, Spanish and Portuguese), presentations, articles, posters and background descriptions of species and on-the-ground conservation projects for kindergarten through sixth grade. This program is unique in that it teaches science, math, language arts and social studies essentials while addressing the National Standards for Science.

Central American Commission for Environment and Development
Cloud Forest Alive
Email: info@cloudforestalive.org
Web: http://www.quetzalcam.org/

Sponsored by the Central American Commission for Environment and Development, this site features live e-tours of birds in their natural Costa Rican habitats.  Costa Rica is home to more than 850 bird species.  Recent site features include the HummingbirdCam and the QuetzalCam.  View the latest images, hear bird calls, and read more about the many beautiful and fascinating birds in this biologically rich country.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Lesson Plans
Email: webadmin@inhs.uiuc.edu.
Web: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/pub/virtualbird/eduational.html

Twelve lesson plans include Student activities and Teacher plans. The program begins with the basics of what makes a bird a bird and concludes with ideas on birding.

Warren.net
Lessons Plans
Web: http://www.WARRENnet.org/countybirds/lessonplans.html

Share your bird lesson plans and find ideas on teaching students about birds. Activity ideas include creating a field guide, studying bird tracks, and researching birds.

US Fish & Wildlife Service
Activities for Kids
Web: http://www.fws.gov/kids/

Loads of activities and information from a look at how kids can help conserve rare, endangered, and threatened species to on-line coloring books.

Kidwings
Kidwings - Ideas and Templates
Web: http://www.kidwings.com/teacher/index.htm

Kidwings offers ideas and templates for bird-focused activities you can use with your students. Flight experiments, Bird Bingo, and coloring pages may be downloaded.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Teacher Information
Web: http://www.ornithology.com/teacher.html

You'll find plenty of resources at this site, ranging from bird jokes for kids to information about bird skeletons and anatomy.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Classroom Birdscope Webzine
Web: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/classroombs/

Students learn about birds through simple research projects. Take part in Classroom Feederwatch or just peruse student research papers.

Operation RubyThroat
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Information
Web: http://www.rubythroat.org

Introduce simple observational studies or more sophisticated reasoning projects focusing on Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Operation RubyThroat offers a variety of ideas that span the ages and incorporate geography, music, mathematics, and writing.

Point Reyes Bird Observatory
Point Reyes Teacher Resource Packet
Web: http://www.prbo.org/cms/index.php?mid=193

The Teacher Resource Packet offers 11 activities for students focusing on native songbirds and shorebirds. You may also print waterbird identification cards and learn about web-based educational projects.