Lesson Plans
These lesson plans, saved in PDF format, can be printed out for use in your classroom or home. Instructions for teacher and student are provided, as well as activity directions and answers to the worksheets.
All About Bird Eggs
One way to learn more about birds is to learn about their eggs. The following Lesson Plan is for:
GRADE LEVEL: 4-8
SUBJECTS: Science; Biology
bird study, animal adaptations, classification, embryology, environment, survival variations, diversity, inherited traits, ecosystems, mineral use, balance in nature, animal families.
SKILLS: observation, classification, prediction, interpretation
OBJECTIVE: Students will learn how bird eggs with different shapes and colors are actual adaptations to their environment. The interior structure inside an egg, and how to predict or classify which species of bird lays which type of eggs.
Page 1 – Teacher Instructions
Pages 2-4 Pre-test and answer sheet “What do you already know about eggs?”
Page 5 – Egg Parts – blank worksheet
Page 6- Cracking Open an Egg – Instructions and descriptions
Page 7 – Egg parts – answers to worksheet
Pages 8-9 – Post Test and answer sheet
Worksheets (coming soon)
The Changing Environment (coming soon)