You may wish to learn more about this topic: there is a lot of information about bald eagle nests as described by biologist, Pete Nye.

Build Background: Create a class KWL chart about Bald eagle nests. Encourage students to consider where they might be found and why.

Make Predictions: Read the title and ask kids how it might be possible to take a look into an eagle's nest.

Get Meaning From Photos. Discuss:
• Study the habitat map. Kids should notice that much of eagle habitat is forested, hilly, and there are lots of lakes and bodies of water. Not many roads visible. Much eagle habitat is located where population is low.
• Why do eagles build nests so high? What advantages are there for being so high? Are there any disadvantages?
• What kinds of challenges do these high nests offer biologists who monitor the eagle populations?
• What are predators of young birds in the nest? (Racoons can sometimes make their way up the tree.

Read more: Nesting Phenology
Read more about Bald eagles from nest building to incubation, and finally to the successful fledging of a new generation of bald eagles:Bald Eagle Nest Phenology.

Start a Journal for the questions that will appear in this booklet and the upcoming reports. Start with these “big” questions and add thoughts as the season unfolds:
1. Why would biologists want to climb high to peek into a nest?
2. How can we protect the eagles' nesting habitat and make sure eagles will be here for future generations?