Educational Activity Books!
Kindergarten-Grade 2, Grades 3-5, Grades 7-12
With these fun and educational activity books, a young child will learn about trumpeter swans and their wetland home!
The books are based on Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and is designed for classroom learning too.
Kindergarten-Grade 2: "Nature Explorers" explores the world of trumpeter swans. Learn about their large size and spring and fall migrations. Discover their adaptations and what makes a healthy wetland home.
There are QR codes to listen to the sounds of trumpeter swans, watch them fly in and land, and see a trumpeter swan family.
Grade 3-5: "Trumpeter Swans- How Can I Help?" explores the many ways people help swans and their habitats. Meet the people who take care of wildlife, study birds, keep water clean and stop flooding, have fun programs at zoos, design collars that track swans and more!
Solve the Maze of Dangers, track a swan, do a Wetland Word Search and much more!
There are QR codes that will take you to lots of fun videos and web pages to learn even more!
"Answer Keys" can be downloaded separately.
These books were designed exclusively for the Trumpeter Swan Society by Peppermint Narwhal.
Grade 7-12: Oregon Trumpeter Swan Research Education Packet. Created for older students with conservation information and math activities including GoogleEarth tracking of GPS collared swans. Students will become familiar with actual GPS swan tracking of 12 western swans through GoogleEarth, with additional enrichment through two webinars. One webinar is a "How to" use GoogleEarth tracking files.
Download "Nature Explorers" Book for K-Grade 2! Click the Picture
This is a large 7MB pdf.
To download the K-2 Education Standards (NGSS) for classroom and home school use, CLICK HERE
(To download a two page spread of K-2 Nature Explorers, CLICK HERE)
Below: ANSWER KEY to Grades K-2 Nature Explorers
Looking for a gift to give along with the book to your special child or a family that loves swans (or yourself!) ? Check out the Swan Family magnet, glitter sticker and bumper sticker featuring the cover design!
Purchase the exclusive magnet, glitter sticker or bumper sticker to share. The glitter sticker is dishwasher safe (perfect for water bottles and cups), adhesive (perfect for book covers, notebooks, even laptop covers) and weather-resistant. The bumper sticker is removable, weather resistant and easily cleaned.
Download "Trumpeter Swans - How Can I Help?" Book for Grades 3-5
Click the picture
ANSWER KEY to Grades 3-5 "How Can I Help?"
To download the Grades 3-5 Education Standards (NGSS) for classroom and home school use, CLICK HERE
Oregon Trumpeter Swan Research Education Packet- Grades 7-12
Click on the book cover to download this Oregon Trumpeter Swan Education Packet.
Grade 7-12: Oregon Trumpeter Swan Research Education Packet. Created for older students with conservation information and math activities including GoogleEarth tracking of GPS collared swans. Students will become familiar with actual GPS swan tracking of 12 western swans through GoogleEarth, with additional enrichment through two webinars. One webinar is a "How to" use GoogleEarth tracking files (below).
This webinar highlights how and where the swans were captured and collared. Then we explore some of the results, teaching you how to use GoogleEarth and the GPS data to discover:
• How to see the wetlands where the swans were captured and collared- from a bird’s eye view to a landscape street view.
• How to do simple calculations like a biologist to determine flight speed, temperatures, distances and altitude.
This webinar is a teaching resource for the educational packet about the Oregon GPS tracking research project.
Presenters:
Dr. Gary Ivey, Trumpeter Swan Society Oregon Restoration Project leader
Brandon Reishus, Migratory Game Bird Coordinator, Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
Martin St. Louis, Retired Manager, Summer Lake Wildlife Area
