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If you're like most teachers, you have a constant need
for high-quality educational materials that are ready to use and easily
adapted to fit the unique needs of each classroom. In this spirit, the
Alaska Raptor Center is excited to offer a multidisciplinary curriculum
package to help schoolchildren learn about birds, raptors and the habitats
in which they live. By “adopting” one of the education birds
here at the Center, your classroom helps pay for the ongoing medical
care, feeding and housing of our birds while learning important ideas
through an exploration of raptors.
More than simply worksheets and activities in this content
area, the "Adopt-a-Raptor" program materials are aligned with national
science, math, language arts, and social studies standards to support
student learning of key concepts in many disciplines. Learning goals
and standards addressed are identified for each activity and suggestions
for differentiation and standardized test preparation are clearly marked
throughout the package. Step-by-step instructions are included to reduce
teacher preparation time.
The Adopt-a-Raptor program was developed by classroom
teachers and a Ph.D. in curriculum and assessment to make the experience
both fun and educational for your students. It’s truly a unique
opportunity to expand minds as we heal birds.
What is included with the Adopt-a-Raptor materials?
The Adopt-a-Raptor materials include: - A highly-teachable 90-page curriculum package with teacher instructions
and background material for each activity. Black-line masters for each
activity are ready for photocopying and classroom use.
- Many of the other supplies needed for the activities.
- A video introducing raptors and the work done at the Alaska Raptor
Center
- A poster showing several different types of raptors (bald eagle,
golden eagle, peregrine falcon, great horned owl, red-tailed hawk)
- An adoption certificate
- A photo, natural history and biography of your adopted bird
What will my students learn?
By adopting one of our resident birds, your classroom helps us heal
Alaska’s wild birds. And, your students learn important material
. . . they will: - Calculate wing surface area and weight proportions for birds and
animals
- Learn key raptor adaptations, including eyes, ears, beaks and feathers
- Write their own “folk legend” about different raptor
characteristics
- Build reading skills with content area stories, passages and materials
- Plot longitude and latitude on maps for raptor location and migration
- The enclosed activities/standards grid gives more detail and shows
how each is linked to standards in the different disciplines
...Expanding Minds & Healing Birds
How are the activities aligned with
national education standards?
More than simply worksheets and activities in this content
area, the Adopt-a-Raptor program materials are aligned with national
science, math, language arts, and social studies standards to support
student learning of key concepts in many disciplines. Learning goals
and standards addressed are identified for each activity and suggestions
for differentiation and standardized test preparation are clearly marked
throughout the package.
The Adopt-a-Raptor program was developed by classroom
teachers and a Ph.D. in curriculum and assessment to make the experience
both fun and educational for your students. It’s truly a unique
opportunity to expand minds as we heal birds.
Download the Adopt-A-Raptor
Standards Alignment PDF
What is the cost of the Adopt-a-Raptor
program?
The $95 covers all of the curriculum and activities,
a poster, video and many of the materials needed for the activities.
In addition, your classroom adoption helps cover the ongoing medical
care, feeding and housing needs of our resident birds . . . the Adopt-A-Raptor
program . . . Expanding Minds & Healing Birds.
Choose a bird to adopt.
Download the Teacher Adoption
Form
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