Educational Activities & Resources
Click on any color heading below to access a PDF file of an educational game or reference connecting birds to science or society.
Great Migration Challenge Game
Players visit an array of event stations in this simulation depicting the variables of weather, predation and other hazards to migratory birds traveling to and from Utah each year.
What Bird Am I? Activity
Players employ observational skills as those holding bird information cards try to correctly unite with the player holding the matching bird picture card.
Fill the Bill Activity
A "relay race" styled game in which participants visit a variety of stations challenging them to match the correct "beak" to the "food" being offered.
Bird Proverbs
This collection could ruffle your feathers or give you something to crow about as you prove yourself wise as an owl with this bird's eye view of the dozens and dozens of familiar everyday phrases related to birds.
Bird Streets, Towns, Plants & Sports Teams
Been to Hummingbird Drive in Sandy or Wren, Oregon? Perhaps you've cheered or jeered at the Baltimore Orioles or the Pittsburg Penguins? Here is a huge pageful of Utah street names, US cities and national sports teams all named after birds.
Avian Quick Quiz
This is bird trivia at its finest. But beware, the answers aren't always easy but they are eye opening. Categories include Adaptations, Great Salt Lake, Fun Facts, Ecology and Habitats.
What Bird is That? Powerpoint (click to download)
A colorful PowerPoint slide show featuring feeder birds most common to Northern Utah. First half of the series shows the birds with only hints for identification. The second half provides the correct identities.
