Do you know who else helps in pollination? Hummingbirds!!
Our Lessons For the Week!
Date: 5/13/20
What is our theme? Hummingbird Feeder
What is the lesson (overall purpose)?
MA Guidelines/Standards:
K-LS1-2 (MA) Recognize that all plants and animals grow and change over time.
PK-LS2-3 (MA). Give examples from the local environment of how animals and plants are dependent on one another to meet their basic needs.
Learning Outcomes:
Observe animals (or pictures or videos of animals) and discuss ways they grow and change.
Model a sense of wonder about the world (e.g., "I wonder...?" "How could that work?" “What do you think about...?").
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
https://youtu.be/EkAhYmXWuFU - Facts about Hummingbirds
Materials:
Activity (Procedure):
Trace and cut flowers out of the foam.
Poke holes into the water bottle. Cut straws and glue with a hot glue gun on the holes.
Glue flowers over the straws.
Tie bakers twine around the bottle to hang with.
Make hummingbird nectar by adding 1/2 c. sugar to 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Let cool and then pour into the feeder.
Activity Wrap Up:
Tie feeder in a tree and watch as hummingbirds gather around.
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
You can look into making other bird feeders as well.
Our Lessons For the Week!
Date: 5/13/20
What is our theme? Hummingbird Feeder
What is the lesson (overall purpose)?
- observe (live or through video or webcam) how animals and plants interact in their environments to survive (e.g., bees pollinate flowers while they gather nectar to make honey; birds eat seeds for food and also distribute seeds that result in new plants).
MA Guidelines/Standards:
K-LS1-2 (MA) Recognize that all plants and animals grow and change over time.
PK-LS2-3 (MA). Give examples from the local environment of how animals and plants are dependent on one another to meet their basic needs.
Learning Outcomes:
Observe animals (or pictures or videos of animals) and discuss ways they grow and change.
Model a sense of wonder about the world (e.g., "I wonder...?" "How could that work?" “What do you think about...?").
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
https://youtu.be/EkAhYmXWuFU - Facts about Hummingbirds
Materials:
- Water bottle
- Straws
- Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun
- Red and Yellow foam
- Bakers twine
Activity (Procedure):
Trace and cut flowers out of the foam.
Poke holes into the water bottle. Cut straws and glue with a hot glue gun on the holes.
Glue flowers over the straws.
Tie bakers twine around the bottle to hang with.
Make hummingbird nectar by adding 1/2 c. sugar to 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Let cool and then pour into the feeder.
Activity Wrap Up:
Tie feeder in a tree and watch as hummingbirds gather around.
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
- ask “what” and “how” and “why” questions to gain information about familiar and unfamiliar events and phenomena.
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
You can look into making other bird feeders as well.
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