Nespelem School

Grade Eight

 

Eagle Projects

Report:

Research and report on bald eagles: anatomy, behaviors, care of young, migratory patterns, range, habitat. Click on report for directions and requirements for grade eight. Use the links below for information.

Poetry:

Create an original poem in the stanza style of your choice to reflect your impressions of eagles. The poem should include information about eagles from your research. Click on poetry for poetic forms.

Art:

Now that you have researched and written about eagles, create an artistic representation of an eagle: painting, drawing, sculpture. Follow the rules for one of the contests below.

Publish:

Polish your work and publish it--either on your own website (you can take a picture of artwork), on a poster in the hallway, or in a contest. Make certain all work is original (not plagerized) and editted for spelling, capitals, punctuation, grammar, etc.

Optional:

Create your artwork or poetry to enter one of the contests below.

Read the rules for two contests about eagle poetry and art:

http://www.grandcouleedam.com/baldeeagle.htm

Grand Coulee Dam Area's 1st Annual "Balde" Eagle Festival Saturday, February 16th, 2002

http://www.stgeorgesds.com/contest/newcontest2.htm

America's Freedom - Eagle Art and Poetry

 

Eagle Information:
INFORMATION
LINKS

Sounds of bald eagles

http://pulseplanet.nationalgeographic.com/ax/archives/01_naturetemplate.cfm?programnumber=1970

Habitat, range, behaviors, migratory route, conservation status, and scientific name

http://www.buteo.com/

Lots of information about eagles.

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/search/BaldEagle.html

Watch eagles live!

http://www.nestingeagles.com/

Learn about eagles: biology, resources, survival, behaviors, recovery, symbolism

http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/projects/funded/sft/eagle/eaglewb1.htm

Eagle Facts

http://www.eagles.org/contents4.html#eaglefacts

All about "Liberty" and "Justice"--two nonreleasable eagles

http://www.eagles.org/lj_pressrelease.html

All about raptors---choose bald eagle and go!

http://www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu/

Myths about Thunderbirds

http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Myth/advanced/thunderbirds-01.html

Quiz on the Thunderbird myths

http://wings.avkids.com/Activities/Mythology/advanced/thunderbirds.html

Dance of the Eagle (Eskimo)

http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Myth/advanced/eagledance-01.html

Quiz on Dance of the Eagles

http://wings.avkids.com/Activities/Mythology/advanced/eagledance.html

Laws protecting eagles

http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Endangered/esIV.html

Birds of Prey--click on bald eagle

http://www.buteo.com/

A time-travel story to learn about the Delaware Indians and the eagle symbol on our money

http://sln.fi.edu/qa99/musing1/musing1.html

Burke Museum

http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/nwtotem.html

Simon Frazier Museum totem poles

http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/bc/totem/tnail.htm

an Iroquois eagle carving by Noel Chrisjohn Benson

http://oneida-nation.net/carvings-exhibit.html

Eagle picture: how a husband and wife team captured the life of eagles on film.

http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlife/2001/eagle.html

National Wildlife Federation provides history, movies, science information, and photos of eagles.

http://www.nwf.org/wildalive/eagle/

The Eagle Institutue

under construction

http://www.eagleinstitute.org/