Wood Stork Activity Page - Comic Book Style - Facts + Games + Coloring

Wood Stork Activity Page - Comic Book Style

2 Pages, black and white.

Bring conservation science to your classroom with this engaging Wood Storks advanced resource! Students will explore the fascinating life of the Wood Stork (Mycteria americana), a large wading bird found in wetlands of the southeastern United States, Central America, and South America.

Great for home activities, nature centers, summer camps, science activities, homeschool, and more!  Wood Stork habitats, diet, community nesting behavior, and conservation status, while reinforcing literacy skills with a word search puzzle and fun facts. Perfect for cross-curricular science and ELA integration.

Great for home activities, nature centers, summer camps, science activities, homeschool, and more!

Great For:

• Grades 4–7 (easily adaptable for other levels)

• Life Science & Ecology units (birds, wetlands, conservation)

• ELA + Science cross-curricular lessons

• Sub plans, literacy centers, or enrichment activities

NGSS – Next Generation Science Standards

• 3-LS4-3: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.

• 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

• 5-LS2-1: Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment (wetland ecosystems).

• MS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

CCSS – Common Core State Standards (ELA & Science Literacy)

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2 – Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.4 – Determine the meaning of domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 science topic.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1 – Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.7 – Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively and explain how it contributes to understanding.

Animal facts: size, habitat, food, conservation status, scientific name, physical description, location, community preferences, name facts, parenting...

Word search specific to wood stork facts

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