Lesson Plan: Broad-winged Hawk   Title: Learning about Life from the Broad-winged Hawk Prepared by Dr. Nancy Cothern, Ph.D.   Day 1   Day 2   Day 3   Day 4   Day 5 Objectives   Materials   Evaluation   Follow Up   Education Main   Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to Describe the appearance and habitat of the broad-winged hawk. Compare the life skills of a broad winged hawk to those of a human. Audience: Primary Grades   Materials: Photos/posters of broad-winged hawks Petersons Guide to Hawks The Little Engine that Could "There Goes Another Rubber Tree Plant" song on audio tape Chart paper, copy paper Markers Book binding materials Top of Page • Education Main   Day One: Ask students, "Have you ever wondered how we learn to live a safe, fun life?" Steer the discussion to make the following points: We learn from our parents and friends through observation and copying. We learn by doing. We learn by making mistakes and trying again. As students respond, record their answers on a piece of chart paper using markers. Post the chart in the room.   Top of Page • Education Main   Day Two: Review the chart prepared during the introduction, asking for additional information. Group students and ask them to list three examples of how they learned to dress, get along with others, and eat the right foods, focusing on the points identified above. In a whole class discussion, share examples and introduce photos of the broad-winged hawk.   Top of Page • Education Main   Day Three: Review the photos and talk about baby birds and how they learn. Stress the following points: Birds and people prepare food in a special way for their babies. Birds and people keep their babies warm. Birds and people monitor the behavior/safety of their babies. End by showing pictures of baby broad-winged hawks and human infants. Discuss how they are alike.   Top of Page • Education Main   Day Four: Show pictures of juvenile broad winged hawks, and point out changes from hatchling appearance: Longer feathers. Downy undercoat. Curiosity. Parents nearby. Read The Little Engine that Could, discussing the importance of try-and-try-again in human development and in a birds early life.   Top of Page • Education Main   Day Five: Make a class book called The Little Broad-wing that Could. Assign each student a page from The Little Engine that Could. Students are to rewrite the text to represent early milestones of the broad-winged hawks life (hatching, first meal, sitting up, walking, eating larger pieces of food, feather growth, parents leaving for longer periods of time, branching, flapping, and first flight). Each page should include the phrase, "I think I can". Students are to illustrate their page and all pages are to be compiled into a book for the class library. Play the song, "There Goes Another Rubber Tree Plant" as students complete their pages.   Top of Page • Education Main   Evaluation: Objective 1: Will be assessed using the finished book. Each page should include a drawing of a bird similar in appearance to the broad winged hawk and at least one feature of the habitat in which the bird is raised. Objective 2: Will be evaluated using the chart from day one and oral examples of early milestone comparisons generated on day three.   Top of Page • Education Main   Follow up: Draw the life cycle of a broad-winged hawk. Write a book about broad winged hawks that follows the story pattern of the rubber tree song. Write new verses of the rubber tree song, describing a day in the life of a young broad winged hawk. Create a companion book. Top of Page • Education Main