Georgia Audubon's Learning About Birds (LAB) curriculum provides activities and materials to educators interested in exposing students to hands-on, interactive learning about birds, habitats, and conservation. The curriculum consists of English/Spanish color student guides and accompanying lesson plans. All units are aligned with the Georgia Performance Standards in science and other subjects. Some of the units below are available to download. We will we adding resources in the coming weeks. Please check back again soon!
A copy of the Learning About Birds curriculum is available to formal classroom teachers and informal educators by request. The curriculum may be picked up at our office or sent to you for $10 shipping/handling fee. Please apply for a Georgia Audubon Scholarship if the shipping/handling cost is a burden. Georgia Audubon also offers periodic professional development workshops for educators interested in using the Learning About Birds curriculum and teaching about birds. Please email Melanie Furr, Director of Education, or call 678-973-2437 to learn more about these opportunities or to schedule a workshop for your school or group.
Additional Resources for Teachers:
Checklist of Atlanta Birds
Nurturing Nature with Natives Coloring Book
- Ten Common Birds of Atlanta (preK-12th)
- Ten Common Birds of Atlanta (teacher guide; Find the Pairs bird cards)
- What Makes a Bird...a Bird? (preK-5th)
- What Makes a Bird...a Bird? (teacher guide; Parts of a Bird worksheet)
- Exploring Bird Habitat (preK-3rd)
- Nature Journaling (K-12)
- Feeding Birds (2nd-8th)
- Mysteries of Migration (2nd-8th)
- Mysteries of Migration (teacher guide)
- Getting Started with a Field Guide / Bird Checklists (3rd-8th)
- All About Owls (3rd-8th)
- All About Owls (teacher guide; pellet bone sorting chart)
- Grassland Birds and Their Habitat (3rd-8th)
- Birds and Their Environment (4th-8th)
- Groups of Birds (4th-8th)
- Bird Songs and Calls (4th-8th)
- Bird Body Systems (4th-8th)
A copy of the Learning About Birds curriculum is available to formal classroom teachers and informal educators by request. The curriculum may be picked up at our office or sent to you for $10 shipping/handling fee. Please apply for a Georgia Audubon Scholarship if the shipping/handling cost is a burden. Georgia Audubon also offers periodic professional development workshops for educators interested in using the Learning About Birds curriculum and teaching about birds. Please email Melanie Furr, Director of Education, or call 678-973-2437 to learn more about these opportunities or to schedule a workshop for your school or group.
Additional Resources for Teachers:
Checklist of Atlanta Birds
Nurturing Nature with Natives Coloring Book
