Grades 2–4
Why Do Birds Migrate?
Fill in five sentences about migration, then mark four facts true or false.
Science worksheet · Birds
Bird Watching Tally
Watch birds for 15 minutes, tally each kind you see and tell which one you saw the most.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–4
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Birds
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Birds, Body parts and adaptations, Migration
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- How to do it: sit still by a window, a feeder or in a park for 15 minutes. Each time you see a bird, make a tally mark next to its kind. If you do not know its name, write what it looks like.
- Kind of bird (or what it looks like)
- The bird I saw the most
- The bird I saw the least
Teacher tip
Sit still by a window for 15 minutes. Quiet watching is a skill.
How to use it
- Hang a bird feeder near a window if you can.
- Show pictures of different beaks and ask what each one eats.
- Let partners compare answers and settle any differences with a book or a video.
Watch for
Not all birds fly. Penguins and ostriches are birds too.
Talk about it
- Why do some birds fly south?
- How could we find out if that is true?
Take it further
Do a class bird count and share it with a citizen science project.
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More birds worksheets
Grades 2–4
Beaks and What Birds Eat
Match seven beaks to the food they are shaped for, from a hummingbird to a pelican.
Grades K–2
What Makes a Bird?
Color the six things every bird has and put an X on the six it does not.
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