American Robin National Science Education Standards Journey North's Robin Migration project helps bring a wide range of National Science Education Standards to life. Browse this chart by content area and then link directly to information and activities that reflect your teaching goals. As you review the activities, consider how you can adapt them to your unique context and students' abilities. Science as Inquiry Life Science Earth and Space Science Science and Technology National Science Education Standard Journey North Robin Activity or Lesson SCIENCE AS INQUIRY ABILITIES NECESSARY TO DO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY Ask a question about objects, organisms, events. (K-4+) Spring Fever: Testing a Temperature Theory About Robin Migration Analyzing Weather and Robin Migration What's Up With Neighborhood Robins: Being a Good Observer When Will Robins Reach the End of the Trail? Robin Watching and Journaling Suggestions Robin's Nest Photo Study Robin Nest Study: What Can You Observe? Plan and conduct a simple investigation. (K-4+) What's Up With Neighborhood Robins: Being a Good Observer Worm Hunt! Collecting and Observing Earthworms Watch for Migrating Earthworms How Many Times Does a Robin Sing? Robin Song Study Listen to the Robin: The Sounds and Meanings of Robin Songs/Calls Employ simple equipment/tools to gather data and extend senses. (K-4+) Watch for Migrating Earthworms Use data to conduct a reasonable explanation. (K-4+) Spring Fever: Testing a Temperature Theory About Robin Migration Analyzing Weather and Robin Migration Making Sense of Robin Migration Maps: A Tutorial Watch for Migrating Earthworms How Many Times Does a Robin Sing? Robin Song Study Listen to the Robin: The Sounds and Meanings of Robin Songs/Calls Where Do Your Robins Go for the Winter? Analyzing Banding Data Communicate investigations and explanations. (K-4+) Where Do Your Robins Go for the Winter? Analyzing Banding Data Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations. (5-8) What's Up With Neighborhood Robins: Being a Good Observer Design and conduct a scientific investigation. (5-8) What's Up With Neighborhood Robins: Being a Good Observer Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence. (5-8)  Making Sense of Robin Migration Maps: A Tutorial Think critically and logically to make relationship between evidence and explanations. (5-8) Where Do Your Robins Go for the Winter? Analyzing Banding Data Use math in all aspects of scientific inquiry. (5-8) Spring Fever: Testing a Temperature Theory About Robin Migration Where Do Your Robins Go for the Winter? Analyzing Banding Data UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT SCIENCE INQUIRY Science investigations involve asking and answering a question and comparing that to what scientists already know about the world. (K-4+) Spring Fever: Testing a Temperature Theory About Robin Migration Which Senses Do Robins Use to Find Worms? Scientists use different kinds of investigations depending on the questions they are trying to answer. Types of investigations include describing objects, events, and organisms; classifying them; and doing a fair test (experimenting). (K-4+) Spring Fever: Testing a Temperature Theory About Robin Migration Which Senses Do Robins Use to Find Worms? Meet a Robin Bander Where Do Your Robins Go for the Winter? Analyzing Banding Data Scientists develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they already know about the world. Good explanations are based on evidence from investigations. (K-4+) New Kids on the Block: Claiming a Territory Watch for Migrating Earthworms Which Senses Do Robins Use to Find Worms? How Many Times Does a Robin Sing? Different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations. Some involve observing and describing objects, organisms, or events; some involve collecting specimens; some involve experiments; some involve seeking more information; some involve discovery of new objects and phenomena; and some involve making models. (5-8) Spring Fever: Testing a Temperature Theory About Robin Migration Which Senses Do Robins Use to Find Worms? Meet a Robin Bander Where Do Your Robins Go for the Winter? Analyzing Banding Data Mathematics is important in all aspects of scientific inquiry. (5-8) Spring Fever: Testing a Temperature Theory About Robin Migration LIFE SCIENCE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANISMS Organisms have basic needs. For example, animals need air, water and food; plants require air, water, nutrients, and light. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met. The world has many different environments, and distinct ones support the life of different types of organisms. (K-4+) Spring Fever: Testing a Temperature Theory About Robin Migration Making Sense of Robin Migration Making Sense of Robin Migration Maps: A Tutorial Robin Watching and Journaling Suggestions Robin Territory Study Recognizing a Good Territory from Above Waiting for Buddy: A Tale of a Returning Robin A Robin's Menu Through the Seasons Toxic Lunches Unpave the Way for Robins Robin Nest Cam (videos): From Eggs to Fledglings Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, reproduction. (K-4+) Feeling Broody: The Tummy Solution Eggstra, Eggstra: The Story of Robin Eggs A Robin Preens its Feathers: Video Clips & Viewing Guide Worm Hunt! Collecting and Observing Earthworms Robins of a Different Feather Robin Nest Cam (videos): From Eggs to Fledglings The behavior of individual organisms is influenced by internal cues (such as hunger) and by external cues (such as a change in the environment). Humans and other organisms have senses that help them detect internal and external cues. (K-4+) Spring Fever: Testing a Temperature Theory About Robin Migration Analyzing Weather and Robin Migration Making Sense of Robin Migration Robin Watching and Journaling Suggestions New Kids on the Block: Claiming a Territory Waiting for Buddy: A Tale of a Returning Robin A Robin Preens its Feathers: Video Clips & Viewing Guide Help! A robin is bonking into my window! Watch for Migrating Earthworms A Robin's Menu Through the Seasons Meet a Robin Bander Where Do Your Robins Go for the Winter? Analyzing Banding Data Robin Nest Cam (videos): From Eggs to Fledglings LIFE CYCLES OF ORGANISMS Plants and animals have life cycles that include being born, developing into adults, reproducing, and eventually dying. The details of this life cycle are different for different organisms. (K-4+) Spring Phenology of Robins New Kids on the Block: Claiming a Territory Build a Robin's Nest! Feeling Broody: The Tummy Solution Robin's Nest Photo Study Eggstra, Eggstra: The Story of Robin Eggs Robin Nest Study: What Can You Observe? Robin Nest Cam (videos): From Eggs to Fledglings Plants and animals closely resemble their parents. (K-4+) Robin's Nest Photo Study Robin Nest Cam (videos): From Eggs to Fledglings Many characteristics of an organism are inherited from the parents, but others result from an individual's interactions with the environment. Inherited characteristics include the color of flowers and the number of limbs of an animal. Other features are learned through interactions with the environment and cannot be passed on to the next generation. (K-4+) Robins of a Different Feather ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS All animals depend on plants. Some animals eat plants for food. Others eat animals that eat plants. (K-4+) A Robin's Menu Through the Seasons Toxic Lunches An organism's behavior patterns are related to the nature of that organism's environment, including the kinds and number of other organisms present, the availability of food and resources, and the physical characteristics of the environment. When environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce, and others die or move to new locations. (K-4+) Ladies Second! When Will Robins Reach the End of the Trail? Spring Phenology of Robins Robin Watching and Journaling Suggestions Robin Territory Study Recognizing a Good Territory from Above New Kids on the Block: Claiming a Territory Build a Robin's Nest! Waiting for Buddy: A Tale of a Returning Robin Help! A robin is bonking into my window! Robins and Waxwings in Winter and Summer: Comparing Behaviors STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN LIVING SYSTEMS Living systems at all levels of organization demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function. (5-8) Feeling Broody: The Tummy Solution Eggstra, Eggstra: The Story of Robin Eggs Worm Hunt! Collecting and Observing Earthworms REPRODUCTION AND HEREDITY Reproduction is a characteristic of all living systems; because no individual organism lives forever, reproduction is essential to the continuation of every species. Some organisms reproduce asexually. Other organisms reproduce sexually. (5-8) Chore Chart for Raising Robins Eggstra, Eggstra: The Story of Robin Eggs   In many species, including humans, females produce eggs and males produce sperm. Plants also produce sexually?the egg and sperm are produced in the flowers of flowering plants. An egg and sperm unite to begin development of a new individual. That individual receives genetic information from its mother (via the egg) and its father (via the sperm). Sexually produced offspring never are identical to either of their parents. (5-8) Chore Chart for Raising Robins Eggstra, Eggstra: The Story of Robin Eggs   The characteristics of an organism can be described in terms of a combination of traits. Some are inherited and others result from environmental interactions. (5-8) Local or Migrant: Which is Which? Ladies Second! REGULATION AND BEHAVIOR All organisms must be able to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions in a constantly changing external environment. (5-8) A Robin's Menu Through the Seasons Toxic Lunches Entire Robin Study Behavior is one kind of response an organism can make to an internal or environmental stimulus. A behavioral response requires coordination and communication at many levels, including cells, organ systems, and whole organisms. Behavioral response is determined in part by heredity and in part from experience. (5-8) Robin Territory Study Build a Robin's Nest! Waiting for Buddy: A Tale of a Returning Robin A Robin Preens its Feathers: Video Clips & Viewing Guide Help! A robin is bonking into my window! How Many Times Does a Robin Sing? Robin Song Study Listen to the Robin: The Sounds and Meanings of Robin Songs/Calls   An organism's behavior evolves through adaptation to its environment. How a species moves, obtains food, reproduces, and responds to danger are based in the species' evolutionary history. (5-8) Worm Hunt! Collecting and Observing Earthworms Watch for Migrating Earthworms Toxic Lunches Robins and Waxwings in Winter and Summer: Comparing Behaviors DIVERSITY AND ADAPTATIONS Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species through gradual processes over many generations. Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations. Biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance survival and reproductive success in a particular environment. (5-8) Toxic Lunches EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE CHANGES IN THE EARTH AND SKY Weather changes from day to day and over the seasons. Weather can be described by measurable quantities, such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation. (K-4) Spring Fever: Testing a Temperature Theory About Robin Migration Analyzing Weather and Robin Migration Making Sense of Robin Migration SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY People have always had questions about their world. Science is one way of answering questions and explaining the natural world. (K-4+) Spring Fever: Testing a Temperature Theory About Robin Migration Which Senses Do Robins Use to Find Worms? Women and men of all ages, backgrounds, and groups engage in a variety of scientific and technological work. 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