Owl Eyes
Discovery Center
Overview: Students use hand binoculars to play I Spy! with various shaped items in the classroom.

Location: Indoors

Learner Outcomes:

1. Students will understand that birds have very good vision.
2. Students will be able to spy all 10 object in the room.

Materials

1. Ten laminated birds
2. Toilet paper roll binoculars
3. Audubon's First Bird Field Guides

Preparation

1. Hang the ten laminated birds throughout the room.

Read. . .

Owls can see VERY well. If we had the same size eyes our eyes would be as big as oranges. We can be more like owls by using bi-noc-u-lars to focus the light into our eyes.

 

Do. . .

1. Use the toilet paper rolls to see if you can find ten hiding birds.
2. Once you see a bird, use the books to find its name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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