This video shows how hummingbirds live, what they do and what they eat. It is a visual and audio addition to this lesson which offers a lot of excellent key words and detailed data that students will need while learning about hummingbirds. Students will have an opportunity to learn about hummingbirds in a fun, visual manner while watching this video, so for those students who are more visual and audio than hands on; this will enhance their learning style in a manner that feels comfortable to them. This video also offers another way to learn material/facts besides sitting there just listening to the teacher speak or read.
Source: Hummingbirds: Documentary on the Secrets of Hummingbirds. (n.d.) Retrieved. March 28, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b7S5mspnXE
Source: Mayntz, M. (n.d.). 25 Fun and Unusual Facts About Hummingbirds. Retrieved May 5, 2015, from http://birding.about.com/od/birdprofiles/a/hummingbirdfacts.htm
Source: YouTube video. Retrieved May 6, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CcUO9MdFpg
Using this lesson and the technology in this lesson how can students learn facts about the hummingbirds data that they had not acquired in the past and
My question to students is, do you feel that the hummingbird is a fascinating bird based on all of the information that you have learned? Based on all of the facts, key words, and data do you feel that the hummingbird is a tiny specimen who is extremely fascinating and who is extremely self-sufficient?