Use the falcon web cam and related education materials to open Missouri students' eyes to the lives of peregrine falcons, the fastest animals on earth.
Guided observation for all grades
Our fact sheets, classroom activities, and lesson plans help Missouri students in all grades monitor these peregrine activities:
- Courtship
- Nest building
- Egg laying
- Incubating
- Hatching
- Chick feeding
- Fledging
Through observation, students learn first-hand about endangered species, predators, prey, adaptations, food chains, how humans have changed the environment, and urban ecosystems.
Falcon study by grade section
The activities and lesson plans for grades K–2, 3–5, 6–8 and 9–12 below were developed in partnership with the World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis. Others were adapted from our Discover Nature Schools program.
his collection of activities and tools helps Missouri students at all grade levels use our falcon web cam to discover and explore the world of peregrine falcons.
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Falcon observation questions send students to the next-box camera to observe a pair of nesting peregrine falcons.
Falcon research questions help students use the Internet, field guides and other resources to learn more about peregrine falcons.
How Fast Raptors Fly is a graph showing students how fast many of our most common birds of prey can fly.
What Are Raptors? is a fact sheet to help students understand the key differences between birds of prey and other birds.
Topics in our K-2 collection of falcon-study activities include learning about birds of prey, camouflage as a survival adaptation, habitat, life cycles.
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Bird Fact Sheet: This two-page, illustrated fact sheet helps Missouri primary students answer the question, "What is a bird"?
Bird of Prey Fact Sheet: This one-page fact sheet helps Missouri primary students learn the key differences between birds of prey and other birds.
Camouflage Activities: Three activities help Missouri primary students learn how camouflage adaptations help prey animals hide from predators.
Falcon Habitat Activity: This activity helps Missouri's primary students understand that falcons need homes and habitat, just as people do.
Falcon Study Vocabulary: This short vocabulary list helps Missouri's primary students learn key words associated with falcon study.
Hungry Hawk Activity: Illustrations challenge Missouri's primary students to link the hungry hawk with its preferred food.
Hunting Maze Activity: Maze challenges Missouri's primary students to trace the hawk's path to its prey.
Life Cycle Activity: This activity challenges Missouri's primary students to compare the life cycles of wild turkeys and peregrine falcons.
Our elementary-school collection of falcon-study games and activities challenges Missouri students to discover and understand the relationship between predator and prey.
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Bird Safety Silhouette: By placing bird-of-prey silhouettes on windowpanes, Missouri elementary school students can help prevent other birds from crashing into windows.
Falcon Study Vocabulary: This short vocabulary list helps Missouri's elementary school students learn key words associated with falcon study.
Food Chain Game: This activity teaches Missouri's elementary students to understand the relationship between predators, such as falcons, and prey in a community.
Human Interactions Activity: This activity helps Missouri students identify ways humans interact with organisms and ecosystems and understand that these interactions can be both harmful and beneficial.
Missing Words Activity: This activity challenges Missouri's elementary school students to complete 16 sentences about birds of prey.
Our middle-school collection of falcon-study games and activities challenges Missouri students to know the facts about birds of prey.
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Falcon Study Vocabulary: This short vocabulary list helps Missouri's middle schools students learn key words associated with falcon study.
Raptor Crossword Puzzle: Answers to this crossword puzzle help Missouri's middle school students learn words associated with birds of prey.
Raptor True/False: Fifteen "true or false" questions challenge Missouri middle school students to know the facts about birds of prey.
Our high-school collection of falcon-study topics challenges Missouri students to investigate human influences on wildlife and consider ways to conserve sensitive species.
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Human Influences Activity: This activity challenges Missouri high school students to explore how human activities affect wildlife and to consider ways to help nature.
Species of Conservation Concern: This activity challenges Missouri's high school students to explore the reasons why species become extinct and to consider ways to strengthen species of conservation concern.