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Teacher’s Guide: Episode 4

Image Credit: Terry Spivey, USDA Forest Image Service
Image Caption: The osprey is found on lakes, rivers, seacoasts where there is shallow water and plenty of fish!

Project Osprey Teacher’s Guide

Audubon Society of New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department and Public Service of New Hampshire are coming together to establish nesting sites for the threatened osprey. Their efforts are paying off as the number of nesting pairs is on the increase. Length: 7:28 minutes
  • Program Objectives

Students will:

  1. Describe the steps that are being taken to help the osprey in New Hampshire.
  2. Describe a typical osprey nesting site.
  3. Describe the distinct characteristics of the osprey.
  4. Describe the habitat of the osprey.
  • Pre-Viewing Activities

Ask the students to share what they currently know about the osprey.

  • Post-Viewing Activities
  1. Have students describe a typical osprey nesting site and how artificial sites are being used to attract new nesting pairs.
  2. Research the impact DDT had on birds like the osprey.
  3. Research whether there are any nesting osprey pairs in your area.

Vocabulary

General Vocabulary

  • Emulate
  • Proximity
  • Aerial
  • Concerted
  • Toxin

Science Vocabulary

  • Snag tree
  • Estuary\
  • DDT
  • Mercury
  • Incubated
  • Fledge
  • Predation
Project Osprey Teacher’s Guide Quiz

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