For Further Consideration..

The following are curriculum extensions to further your study or interest in the topic we
covered today.

John James Audubons book Birds of America was groundbreaking for both its scientific
attention to detail and observation as well as its generous art form. Learn more about
the book and view the plates up close here: http://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america

Watch PBS American Masters presentation about

Audubons life, techniques, and book, Birds of America:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKqWdF65Sh4

Work on a field journal for yourself using these

prompts: http://beetlesproject.org/cms/wp-
content/uploads/2015/12/Journaling-Prompts.pdf

Want to try your hand at nature sketching? Check out these videos by Jack Laws:
https://www.youtube.com/user/JohnMuirLaws

How to make a nature journal: http://vault.sierraclub.org/education/nature_journal.asp

Find out more about Bachman, Audubons

partner:
http://www.hiltonpond.org/thisweek060222.html

How does taxidermy fit into Science and the Arts?

Find out here:
http://www.audubon.org/news/when-taxidermy-
goes-rogue

Are you digging birds as much as Audubon? Check

out Cornells Bird lab:
https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/?__hstc=60209138.57936fb4fd4efabcd6413e131d8e
5cc4.1507213100499.1507213100499.1507213100499.1&__hssc=60209138.2.1507213
100499&__hsfp=85180081

Research the work of Audubon and his contemporary, Alexander Wilson. Write a
compare and contrast essay depicting the differences and similarities of their work.
http://www.wilsonsociety.org/wilsonsoc/AWilsonplates/index.html
Communique:

Topic: John James Audubon was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He is
known for his expansive studies documenting American birds and for his detailed observations
and illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats.

Outcomes:
Students will
o Learn about Audubons most famous work, Birds of America
o Make observations of their own using Audubons plates and Jack Laws
observation framework
o Observe patterns in nature and ask questions about underlying causes
o Determine how structure and function plays a role in natural occurrences.

Standards:
Cross-Cutting Concepts
Patterns: Observed patterns in nature guide organization and classification and prompt
questions about relationships and causes underlying them.
Cause and Effect: Events have causes, sometimes simple, sometimes multi-faceted.
Deciphering causal relationships, and the mechanisms by which they are mediated, is a
major activity of science and engineering.
Structure and Function: The way an object is shaped or structured determines many of
its properties and functions.