What are the Components of the Birds of Prey Discovery Trunk?
• A Teacher Curriculum Notebook that includes lesson plans and extension activities for teaching each section. Each lesson plan includes important background information, a materials needed list, activities, a bibliography, and a list of additional resources. • A raptor resource notebook with numerous articles, booklets, and additional activities on birds of prey and their natural history. • Library books that cover the natural history of a variety of raptor species. • Videos and slides on selected birds of prey. • Hand puppets of selected birds of prey and their prey. • Museum study skins of raptors and their prey; raptor parts including talons, wings, tails, and skulls. • Owl pellets and mammal scat, as well as skulls, bones, posters and overheads related to owl pellets • Posters of birds of prey, silhouettes, food webs, various mammal skeletons, and bird migration. • Student research kits which include materials student teams need to investigate raptors.
