Spring Hummingbird Migration Journal

Spring Hummingbird Migration Journal


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As you embark on your journey with the hummingbirds, inspire students to think and act like scientists as they follow fall migration. Page by page, the journal is a workplace where students explore ever-changing events, record compelling questions, formulate hypotheses, document discoveries, and chronicle each step of their learning journey.

Week-by-Week Journal Pages

Each weekly Hummingbird Migration Update includes a journal page with questions specific to that week's migration map or topic:

February 20: Draw and Describe Rufous and Ruby-throat
February 27: How Long to Cross the Gulf of Mexico?
March 6: Reading Citizen Scientists' Reports
March 13: Prediction Chart: When Will They Arrive?
March 20: Reading Citizen Scientists' Reports
March 27: Temperature and Migration
April 3: Compring Springs and Migration
April 10: Predicting Ruby-throat Migration Route
April 17: Migration and Temperature
April 24: Rufous Range and Migration
May 1: Hummingbird Nest Building
May 8: Comparing Spring Migrations
May 15: Map Questions (rufous / rubythroat)
May 22: Map Questions
June 5: Map Questions
June 12: Map Questions

Teaching Tips and Helpful Links

Teaching Tips
You and students can also use the journal pages to assess their emerging understanding. Read student reflections together and discuss their thinking. Or collect the booklet or pages periodically and use Post-it Notes for your comments.

Helpful Links