KAUA‘I TEACHERS: The scientists with the Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project have created some wonderful resources just for your students! New lesson plans are continuing to be added, so please check back for updates!
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Here are 16 lessons plans that teachers on O‘ahu have been using to teach students about Hawaiian birds, conservation, and music to prepare them for the upcoming concert.
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Unit Plan Supplementary Resources
Teachers: Listed below are the supplementary resources referenced in the Unit Plan. Please feel free to use these resources as templates for your own materials!
Full-Lesson #2: Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands & Introduction to Hawaiian Forest Birds
Readings for High School-Level Classes
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Links to Online Readings
"Hawaiian Honeycreepers Fading Fast" - This article contains information directly relevant to the Anticipation Guides previously sent to our participating classes.
"Bad News and Good News About Hawaiian Birds" - This recent article provides an update on two Hawaiian forest bird species, ‘i‘iwi and ‘alala.
"Paradise Losing: Why is New Zealand Better than Hawaii at Saving its Endangered Birds"
"Meet 10 Birds Now Eligible for your List List" - An overview of 10 species of Hawaiian birds
"I‘iwi Receives Protection Under the Endangered Species Act"
"The ‘I‘iwi, a Besieged Hawaiian Forest Bird, is now Listed as Threatened"
"Bad News and Good News About Hawaiian Birds" - This recent article provides an update on two Hawaiian forest bird species, ‘i‘iwi and ‘alala.
"Paradise Losing: Why is New Zealand Better than Hawaii at Saving its Endangered Birds"
"Meet 10 Birds Now Eligible for your List List" - An overview of 10 species of Hawaiian birds
"I‘iwi Receives Protection Under the Endangered Species Act"
"The ‘I‘iwi, a Besieged Hawaiian Forest Bird, is now Listed as Threatened"
Full-Lesson #5: "The Immigrant Song"
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Teachers: Here are the materials for Lesson 5. Please print out these sheets (pages 1-5) and provide one animal information sheet to each group (5 groups total). The supplementary species information (pages 6-10) are for the post-activity debriefings.
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Full-Lesson #7: Mix-and-Mingle Bird Party
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Teachers: Here are the flashcards for Lesson #7. Please print out these sheets and cut them into individual cards for the mix-and-mingle bird party activity.
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Full-Lesson #8: Bird Beak Morphology
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Teachers: Here are materials that correspond with Lesson #8. The instructions for these two activities differ slightly from the unit plan, but feel free to adapt these sheets for your own purposes. Special thanks to Mrs. Ann Voeks of Waianae High School for developing and sharing these materials with our project!
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Full-Lesson #9: Aspiring Naturalists
Full-Lesson #10: Forest Bird Family Tree
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Teachers: Here are the photo resources for Lessons #9 & #10. Exercise your discretion in selecting the appropriate species for each activity. (hint: you may wish to exclusively use the honeycreeper species for these two lessons, but the entire set of species from Lesson #7 is prepared here for your purposes) Please print out these sheets and cut them into individual cards for these activities.
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Video produced by the American Bird Conservancy, narrated by actor Richard Chamberlain.