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Getting Started Orientation for New Participants Key Hummingbird Migration Activities Getting Ready to Track the Spring Migration Meet Two Hummingbird Species: Which is Which? (all grades) Keep a Hummingbird Migration Journal (journal cover + pages) Getting Ready for Hummingbird Migration (map handouts) How to Report Your Hummingbird Sightings: Let's Practice! Student Portfolios as Visual Organizers for Journey North (tip) Making Predictions, Looking at Data Why Come Back North? Taking a Global View (gr. 3+) Where Will They Arrive, and When? Making Predictions (gr. 3+) Predicting the Route of the Spring Migration (lesson plan, gr. 3+) When Will Our Hummingbird Habitat Be Ready? (gr. 3+) Here Comes My Hummingbird! (gr. 4+) How Far? Measure the Distance with Google Maps! How Many Miles Per Day Does the Migration Travel? (gr. 4+) Spring Fever for Hummingbirds? Testing a Theory (lesson plan, gr. 4+) Suggestions for Analyzing Migration Data (tips) Digging into Data: Lanny Chambers's First Hummingbirds (gr. 4+) Calculating the Mean: Rubythroat First-Arrival Dates (lesson plan, gr. 4+) Weather and Hummingbird Migration: Focus on Fallout (gr. 3+) How Hummingbirds Survive the Migration An Amazing Rubythroat Journey! What Scientists Discovered (slideshow, gr. 2-6) Habitat and Survival: How a Backyard Rufous Got Through the Winter (slideshow, gr. 2-6) Fueling Migration: How Hummers Keep Their Engines Running! (slideshow, gr. 2-6) Hummingbirds: Adapted to Survive (gr. 2+) Flowers That Fuel Migration (gr. 4+) A Trick for Coping with Cold: This Adaptation Helps Hummers Survive (gr. 2+) Can Hummingbirds Tell Time? Scientists Discover that Hummers are Brainy (gr. 4+) Rufous Hummingbirds Heading Inland? A Partnership That Works (reading, gr. 4+) Time Out for Feeding (read and journal, gr. 4+) Hummingbird Food Chains (read and journal, gr. 4+) Hummingbird Metabolism: Ruby-throated Hungrybirds (read and journal, gr. 4+) Making Sense of Unusual Sightings Strange Sighting? A Rufous Hummer in Indiana (gr. 4+) Winter Ruby-throated Hummers: How Can They Survive in the States? (gr. 4+) Rufous Hummingbirds Gone Astray? (slideshow, gr. 4+) Viola: A Rufous Hummingbird Out of Place (reading) The Rufie Chronicles: Diary for a Rufous Hummingbird (read and journal, gr. 4+) Hummer Mystery (photo observation, gr. 2+) Comparing Hummingbirds and Other Migrants Comparing Migrations: Why Do Rufous Hummers Seem Far Ahead of Rubythroats? (slideshow, gr. 4+) Short- and Long-Distance Migrants: Compare and Contrast (lesson plan, gr. 4+) Flower-Powered Migratory Species: Compare and Contrast (lesson plan, gr. 4+) A River of Birds (read and journal, gr. 4+) Who Follows the Nectar Trail? (read and journal, gr. 4+) Nesting and Territorial Behaviors What's Happening in this Nest? (photo observation, K-6+) What's Happening in this Nest? (photo observation, K-6+) Make Way for Nesting: A Tale of Territories, Thieves, and Courtship (slideshow, gr. 2-6) Building a Hummingbird Nest: Strong, Soft, and Stretchy (slideshow, gr. K-6) What Happens in a Hummingbird Nest? (slideshow, gr. K-6) Twenty-two Days in the Hummingbird Nest (photos, journaling questions, answers) Ruby-throated Hummingbird Nesting Phenology (Timing) (reading and activity, gr. 3+) Skydancing: How Hummingbirds Get the Word Out! (reading and activity, gr. 4+) Feeling Broody: The Tummy Solution (read and journal, gr. 4+) Chore Chart for Raising Hummingbirds: Duties for Males and Females (lesson/activity, gr. 3+) Make An Origami Hummingbird Decoy (art project, gr. 3+) More Hummingbird Facts and Biology How Do They Find Their Way Back? Hummingbird Navigation (reading, gr. 3+) Fun Facts about Hummingbirds Hummingbird Feathers: Flashy or Flat? (photo observation, K-6+) Wondering About Hummingbird Wings (photo observation, gr. 2+) Weighty Stuff (facts and questions, gr. 3+) Mystery Animal: How Do You Know It's NOT a Hummingbird? (photo and video activity, gr. 3+) Keeping Flight Gear in Tip-Top Shape (outdoor observation tip) Surviving Cold Nights: Torpor (reading and activity, gr. 4+) Hummidees, Jaybins, and Ravoons: A lesson About Volume, Surface Area and Body Heat (reading and activity, gr. 4+) Hummingbird Conservation Hummer Beware (reading, gr. 3+) Keep Kitty Indoors How to Create a Haven for Hummingbirds (habitat advice) Where to Purchase a Hummingbird Feeder Nancy Newfield: Hummingbird Bander (reading and photo journal) Researching Hummers—One at a Time (reading and banding photos) Like Banding a Toothpick (read and journal, gr. 4+)

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