Backyard Birding
Welcome to Camp Cooper Online!
We are so excited you are here.
These activities were put together by our Camp Cooper team and designed to work for a wide range of ages. If an activity doesn't feel quite right for you, don't worry, keep scrolling down to find something you like!
Birds Are All Around Us
We may not all have backyards, but birds are all around us. In the trees, in the sky, nesting outside our windows or pecking around at the park (or the parking lot!). Tucson is a unique place to find a wide variety of birds - this video features our educator Cliff, and will help you learn how to identify birds and how their traits can tell you about how they live.
Help Our Dove Migrate Home
Embark on this interactive journey using your birding skills to help this White-winged Dove complete it's migration from Mexico to Arizona.
NO PRINTER REQUIRED
Let's Go Birding!
This two page worksheet is great for older learners - observe a nearby bird and draw or write your observations. Then, combine them into a drawing of your bird!
Watch The Birds To Come To You!
Not seeing many birds at your doorstep? It's easier than you think to attract your bird neighbors to pay you a visit. In this video, Cliff shows us how to make two different bird feeders from common household materials.
Let's build a bird feeder!
BIRD Bingo
Keep an eye out for these birds! Mark the ones you see, and try to get your Bird Bingo!
Backyard Birding With Herb
Camp Cooper educator Herb has put together two more videos on common Tucson birds - the Curve Billed Thrasher and the Gila Woodpecker. Have a look!
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Your next activities will land in your email inbox next Monday - if you're signed up for Camp Cooper Online.
Camp Cooper Online
The above activities are part of our Camp Cooper Online, a 10-week education series designed for students from preschool through 5th grade.
Camp Cooper Online is a free, online portal to environmental learning made fun and new, brought to you by our amazing team of educators with the support of TUSD and the University of Arizona College of Education.
Each experience is derived from our beloved Camp Cooper Activity Centers and led by our Camp Cooper educational staff. Activities are tailored to being done at home using original videos, downloadable worksheets and more.
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