Learning Goals
Students will be able to observe and describe red-tailed hawks in City Heights neighborhood habitats and how those habitats meet the birds' needs for resting, flying, and hunting.
Students will be able to identify and sort neighborhood features such as trees, skies, rooftops, poles, and open ground by how they help a red-tailed hawk perch, fly, rest, or hunt.
Students will be able to ask investigable questions about where red-tailed hawks can find food, safety, and places to rest in the neighborhood.
Students will be able to record observations with drawings, labels, picture checklists, and simple maps during hawk watches and neighborhood walks.
Students will be able to compare different spaces in and around City Heights and explain which spaces help hawks more or less and why.
Students will be able to use evidence from photos, sketches, class maps, and direct observations to justify a claim about how red-tailed hawks meet their needs.
Students will be able to collaborate to build and present a 3D neighborhood habitat model showing where a red-tailed hawk can perch, fly, hunt, and stay safe.
Products
Red-Tailed Hawk Investigation Journal
Students create a personal investigation record with labeled drawings, picture notes, a simple map, and a short oral or teacher-scribed explanation of what they found. The journal shows each student's own evidence and thinking about how hawks use neighborhood spaces.
City Heights Hawk Habitat Model and Explanation
Small groups build a 3D model of a City Heights habitat and present their shared findings about where a red-tailed hawk can perch, fly, hunt, and stay safe. The presentation must use group evidence, include different spaces from the neighborhood, and name at least one question or surprise from the investigation.
No rubric has been generated yet.