Nesting+Boxes

Here is a sample of the nesting boxes that we created a few weeks ago. Jonathan's Grade 4/5 class and my Grade 1 class embarked on a collaborative action piece: Kids built swallow nesting boxes. We used our "reading buddy" pairing and had a lot of adult supervision from parents, student teachers and us. Currently, we are in the painting process (mid April) with plans to install them locally as soon as possible. For Jonathan, it was a curricular tie in for Habitats (Grade 4) and Structures (Grade 5). For the Grade Ones, it is part of a larger Bird Inquiry (Living Things) in which we have been exploring the teacher guided Inquiry Question: "Do birds need our help to survive in winter?" The GDHS woodworking students pre-cut the wood for us. We followed the "Dorrie Nesting Box" plan: http://oebs.ca/nestboxes/index.html ==