Looking to connect with a Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance (formerly Madison Audubon) Educator?
Start here!
Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance’s education team has created and curated a selection of lesson plans, stand-alone activities, and more for you to use in your home, classroom, library, or community center! All programming is FREE for students and teachers — so contact us today!
Whether it’s a one-time visit or forming a long-standing partnership with a classroom or center, we will come to you and bring the supplies we’ll need. We strive to get kids excited about nature in their neighborhood, and reinforce the idea that you don't need to travel to find wildlife.
For all of our programming, we work with teachers to ensure that our lessons meet classroom goals and build off of material that kids are already learning. Many of our lessons incorporate STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) themes.
Keep reading to find out more, or contact us at education@swibirds.org. If you use our activities, we'd love to hear from you too about how it went.
Outdoor Ed Lesson Sampler
A menu of lessons ready to go. You choose, we’ll teach.
Lesson & Activity Kit Library
Materials and lesson plans, free to borrow.
Climate Change initiative
10 lessons to examine climate change and Wisconsin's birds.
After-school Offerings
Hands-on, nature-based programs for making afternoons educational.
Lessons for Educators
Learn techniques to confidently teach kids in the outdoors.
In-classroom curricula
These lessons are perfect for teachers to use in the classroom.
Stand alone lessons & activities
Art projects, indoor activities, and high-energy activities.
Lessons For Black Birders Week
Celebrate Black Birders Week with bird-related lessons, activities, and black bird lovers
Banner photo: students at Goodman Community Center on a field trip with SoWBA. Photo by Rebecca Ressl.