New York Schools - Audubon Classroom Programs

A Naturalist comes to your school and presents up to five or six lessons, depending on the grade level(s). All lessons are designed for classroom-sized groups (15-25). Lessons for Preschool and Kindergarten are 45 minutes. Lessons for grades 1 through 6 are closer to 55 minutes.

If you are interested in having Audubon visit you classroom, please contact Sarah Hatfield at (716) 569-2345 or shatfield@auduboncnc.org.

If you are scheduled for a visit, please download the corresponding lesson packet by clicking the program title below. 

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3 Year Olds (Jamestown only)

• Fur, Feathers, and Shells, Oh My!
• Pine Cones

Preschool (UPK)

• Beautiful Birds
• Incredible Insects
• What is a Plant?

Kindergarten

• A Tree’s Year
• A Walk in the Woods
• Eat it! Wear it! Use it!

First Grade

• Animal Clothing
• Animal Senses
• Birdie Cradles

Second Grade

• Every Tree for Itself
• Home Sweet Habitat
• Seeds-n-Such

Third Grade

• Plight of the Bluebirds
• The Hunters and the Hunted
• Wetland Life Cycles

Fourth Grade
Audubon also provides Neighborhood Nature Walks at this grade level.
Please talk with your schools about scheduling.

• Bears
• Beavers
• Electricity Footprint

Fifth Grade

• Community Science
• Deadly Links

Sixth Grade

• Watersheds
• Town Meeting

Special Needs/Sensory Lesson Plans

• Birds
• Mammals
• Plants
• Reptiles and Amphibians