More Beautiful Birds' Nests

Moya's grade were the last class to visit during science rotations to make gorgeous nests. They worked beautifully, collecting materials for their nests, putting their nests together and writing wonderful specimen tags. On their tags they wrote.... the name of the bird species who the nest belonged to, where the nest was found, the collector's name, and the date it was collected.

Today in 1/2 L we were with Lauren. We made bird nests and I had lots of fun. Sophia

My bird was called the Amekian Falcon. It has purple feathers and it lives in a very fluffy nest in the tropics. Riley

My bird was called the Giraffe Flamingo, it has a Flamingo beak and body but a giraffe head. Sarah

My nest looked camouflaged, I used sticks. Damon

My bird’s name is the hot breath bird. I had lots of fun because I liked picking up things from outside. Vasco

My bird lives near waterfalls and it’s called a water wing. Lydia 

My nest is shiny, my bird is called crazy bird and the nest is a weird shape. Max

I had lots of fun designing my bird nest and thinking about my bird’s name. My bird is called the fashion fairy bird, it’s very colourful and its nest looks sort of like a cradle. Mariana

I had fun designing my nest. I used pieces of grass and plants. Chloe

My bird was called the yellow dragon and I had fun making my nest. Imogen

Bird Nests

Our 1/2 integrated topic this term is animals with backbones. Each class is learning about a different group of animals. Betty’s class are the fish experts (ichthyologists), Jared’s class are looking at amphibians (herpetologists), Mr Griffin’s grade are learning all about mammals (mammologists), Moya’s class are the reptile people (also herpetologists) and we here in 1/2 K are the ornithologists (that’s bird experts). On Fridays, after morning tea we do science for 2 hours!! Every week. This week we stayed in our own classes, next week we visit a different teacher.

So this week we stayed with Lauren and made bird nests. First of all we looked at beautiful bird nest photos (http://twistedsifter.com/2011/05/25-photos-of-birds-nests-sharon-beals/). They were cool! Then we went outside and collected some stuff (plants, sticks, leaves, straw and other bits and bobs). After that we came back to class and used a paper plate and started sticking, cutting and gluing. Every now and then, we did a sticky test to check that it wouldn’t fall off our plate. Some of us did it and found that everything fell off but we got there in the end.

We made our classroom into an amazing mess! A garbage bin, a pig sty, our bedrooms, a dog’s dinner, a war zone and a bomb site. We had to clean and clean and clean and clean. We had to be cleaners. 

Here are some words to describe our nests: wonderful, sensational, beautiful, fantastic, tangled, feathery, fabulous, soft, garden-filled, twiggy and sticky (in every sense of the word).