Make a series of handouts using a word processor on your computer or find worksheets in your activity teaching books. Use worksheets that list different types of birds of prey and use pictures of these birds as a guide. Students can use these sheets as guides to the other handouts. Give them puzzle handouts, such as word finds, crossword puzzles and matching games. Use the names of animals, as well as terms such as "prey," the names of their habitat, and the parts of their body including their talons and beaks.
Hand out a list of birds of prey for your students to read. Each student must pick one bird of prey to focus on. Students then go home and research everything they can about the animal. Give them a list of points to focus upon, including size, diet, habitat, coloring and other fun facts they can find about the birds. Have your students present this information in the classroom via a brief oral report. Encourage them to mimic the sounds of the birds to add an aural effect to the report.
Discuss the fact that birds of prey eat animals to stay alive. Pick a single bird and list on the blackboard all of the animals they eat. List the things these animals eat to stay alive and continue going down to the bottom of the food chain. Tell your students to copy the chart you have written on the blackboard. Place the bird of prey at the top and write everything else underneath, with lines connecting them to the food underneath them on the chain. Encourage your students to color the food chain and draw animals to decorate it.
Play this game in a gym class or in a small classroom to help burn some of your students' excessive energy. Briefly discuss birds of prey including the different types, such as eagles and hawks. Tell your students that they get to pretend to be birds of prey for a few minutes. Set a time limit depending on how well you think your class will respond. Don't go any longer than 5 to 10 minutes. Students can flap their arms as if they are flying and move around the room. Scatter small toy animals throughout the room. Students can pick these up as if they were prey and move them to a "nest" area. After the time has passed, sit them down, and ask them how it felt to pretend to be a bird of prey.