Investigator Activity: Building Your Nest

Age groups: 7-12 years

Keywords: Outdoors; Natural area needed; In-school activity or At-home activity; Group-based activity and Individual activity; Sticks and leaves and any natural materials are all that is needed; Imagination; Patience.

One-sentence summary of activity: 

Students will think like a Golden Eagle in this activity – they will build their own nest with a partner, or individually – Keeping in mind the size, materials and location. (Obviously not a cliff edge of the mountains where they usually build their nests.. It should probably be built on the ground).

Diagram of activity:  

Learning Goals for activity:

  • Skill: Building 
  • Value: Working creatively as a group or individually 
  • Information: Learning about the Golden Eagle through experiential play 

Step-by-step instructions for activity:

  1. Students will go gather sticks, leaves or any other natural materials needed to build their own nest
  2. Make a plan of how they want to build it, figure out the size by using your own feet to measure etc.
  3. Start building!

Ecological concepts involved:

  • Further understanding of bird habitats
  • Observation of habitat, the students will now be able to identify a Golden Eagle nest and become more aware of the materials used to build their homes

 

 

Educational Activities developed by the University of Vermont’s Environmental Education course, Fall 2020.

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