Welcome to the curriculum for the Klamath Basin Birding Trail Education Kit, Lava Beds National Monument edition!  Here you will find exciting lesson plans that will guide your teaching of birds, specially designed for the birds and habitats of Lava Beds National Monument.  The purpose of the kit is to provide placed-based, science, and natural resources lesson plans to encourage the study and conservation of local birds and habitats.  You will find an array of lesson plans focusing on three subjects:

•    What is a Bird?
•    Birding and Studying Birds
•    Bird Conservation.

The curriculum contains four sections: 1) lesson plans 2) student journals, 3) teacher answer keys, and 4) appendices with additional resources and websites.  Each lesson plan provides background information, simple and clear procedures, helpful teacher tips, supplementary extensions, fun fact side panels, and other field trip ideas.

To accompany the curriculum is a kit containing all of the necessary resources for these lessons.  The complete kit is available from Lava Beds National Monument for local teachers, non-formal educators, and community members to use.  To check out the kit, call Angela Sutton at (530) 667-8119.  A copy of the curriculum is also available at OSU Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center in Klamath Falls, as well as many of the same resources that are in the KBBT Lava Beds National Monument Edition kits.  Call OSU Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center at 541-883-7131 for more information.  Essentially, you should be able to pick a lesson plan and have all the information you need without additional research. 

The lesson plans are aligned to Oregon and California State Science Standards, allowing you to meet them.  Student journal sheets are provided to advance critical thinking and scientific inquiry learning for each lesson.  We encourage you to collate these journal sheets and have students make personalized journal cover sheets for their final products.  Students can share their birding experiences with family and friends far into the future.

The kit was designed by Klamath Bird Observatory (KBO) educators with support from Lava Beds National Monument, Klamath Wingwatchers, Inc., OSU Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center, Tulelake School District, and members of the Klamath Tribes.  Funding for curriculum development, teacher training, and resources was provided by a Klamath County Title III Forest Education Grant.  Photographic images used throughout curriculum and resources were donated by Southern Oregon residents Jim Livaudais and Sean Bryan Smith, California resident Tom Grey, and the National Park Service. 

Klamath Basin Birding Trail Education Kit, Lava Beds National Monument Edition

Introduction to the Klamath Basin Birding Trail Education Kit, Lava Beds National Monument Edition

Lesson Plans: What is a Bird?

Lesson Plans: Birding and Studying Birds

Lesson Plans: Bird Conservation

Student Journals corresponding with each KBBT Lava Beds NM lesson

Teacher Answer Keys corresponding with each KBBT Lava Beds NM student journal

Appendices
Apendix A - Additional Resources

Apendix B - Field Trip Prep

Apendix C - Science Standards

Apendix D - Glossary

Other Resources
Common Birds of Lava Beds National Monument Field Guide Sheet
Common Birds of Lava Beds National Monument Flash Cards