This week in library we learned and practiced how to research using authoritative resources. We used print resources and digital resources to select 1 fact  about a bird of our choice. The challenge for the month of May  is to research a bird of your choice.  If you would like to participate in the challenge….Once you have researched and learned about the bird, you will be ready to transform ordinary recycled materials into that bird!

Here are a few Authoritative Digital Resources: 

• Audubon Birds
• Grolier OnLine Kids
• WorldBook Encyclopedia OnLine
• Kids InfoBits
• National Geographic Kids

Try this at home! Follow the set of instructions to fold your paper into the origami bird of your choice. Some of the links below have a video to help you!

•  Bird
• Crane
• Flapping Bird
• Pelican
• Twirling bIrd
• Owl

Place your bird on the branches available throughout the library.

Learning about birds goes beyond researching print and digital resources. When we actually observe birds closely we see how they communicate eat, move and build their nests. Observing the behavior of birds is what scientists do! These scientists are called ornithologists.  Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

Each day, bird watchers report tens of thousands of bird observations to citizen-science projects at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, contributing to the world’s most dynamic and powerful source of information on birds.
Anyone who likes to watch birds can participate in a citizen-science project. To get started, click here!