Flying WILD

Educator Kits  

The Ward Museum now offers 6 Flying WILD Educator Kits, each filled with material that supports support an activity from the Flying WILD guide. The kits are available for one month at a time to trained Flying WILD educators for no cost.

After borrowing a Flying WILD Educator Kit we ask that you fill out our evaluation survey so we can better accomodate your needs.

Follow this link to survey: Flying WILD Educator Kit Survey

The Flying WILD kits include:

• ALL materials needed to perform a Flying WILD activity
• Directions for each activity
• Flying WILD Student Pages on a CD
• A wheelbase plastic container for easy transport
• Copy of Bird Sleuth Game Cards
 

• Kit #1:Bird Behavior Scavenger Hunt

Objective: Students will learn to identify different behavior patterns of birds and explain their function.

Kit Materials Include:
Observing Birds in the Wild worksheet copies
Field Guides & Beginner Field Guides including one in Spanish
Notebooks
Pencils
Binoculars
 

• Kit #2: Adaptation Artistry

Objective: Students will be able to identify and describe the advantages of bird adaptations and discuss the importance of adaptations to birds.

Kit Materials Include:

Build-A-Bird and Adaptation Chart worksheet copies
Drawing supplies
Painting supplies
Clay sculpture
Paper mache supplies
Construction paper and glue
Pipe cleaners, feathers
Birds: Nature’s Magnificent Flying Machines by: Caroline Arnold
 

• Kit #3: The Great Migration Challenge

Objective: Students and/or festival participants will define migration and summarize factors affecting migration for many bird species.

Kit Materials Include:

Migration activity results chart
Laminated activity cards
Large dice
Flagging
Scissors/ hole puncher
Rope
Stakes
How Do Birds Find Their Way? by Roma Gans
 

• Kit #4:Fill the Bill

Objective: Students and/or festival participants will discover that bird beaks are adapted for specific types of food; describe how adaptations work; and give two examples.

Kit Materials Include:

Fill the Bill worksheets
Pencils
Eyedroppers, chopsticks and nutcrackers
Large slotted spoons and saucepan
Strainer and small fishnets
Tweezers and tongs
Small log
Containers and a tall, narrow vase
Fake worms
Dried macaroni and rice
String
BEAKS! by Sneed B. Collard
Bird Skull Replicas
 

• Kit #5: Bird Olympics

Objective: Students and/or festival participants will describe the physical attributes of birds that help them fly, find food, and migrate long distances.

Kit Materials Include:

Laminated station pages and 20-yard dash conversion chart
Clipboards, paper and pencils
Tape measures
Stopwatch for multiple leaders
Orange stake flags
Film canisters containing scented items
Calculators
BONUS PRIZES INCLUDED
 

• Kit #6: Food for the Brood

Obective: This relay race gets participants up and running as they gain an appreciation for the parent’s seemingly impossible task of satisfying the appetites of their impatient nestlings.

Kit Materials Include: 
Banners
Flamingo straws
Plastic cups
Buckets
Timers
Notebooks
Fake worms
A Nest Full of Eggs by Priscilla Belz Jenkins
An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Aston & Sylvia Long
Egg Replicas

Terms of use:

• Kits are available to trained Flying WILD educators only
• Kits can be borrowed for a maximum of one month at a time
• More than one kit may be borrowed at the same time
• You are responsible for timely pickup and return
• If an item is missing and/or damaged upon pickup please verify this with the Ward Museum’s Education Department before Kit leaves the Museum
• You are responsible for replacing lost or broken materials

All educators who borrow a kit must complete and sign a contract provided by the Ward Museum's Education Department to ensure all educators understand the terms of use.

Please contact the Ward Museum’s Education Department to check out kits. Call 410-742-4988 or email wardeducation@salisbury.edu for more information.