SING FOR SONGBIRDS WRITING SHEET

Our bordered sheet is ideal for any writing tasks you might have about Indonesian songbirds. It’s a perfect companion to our other resources where you might want to present your ideas, research or creative writing a bit differently.

Of course, you could also use it for any drawings and diagrams you want to do as well!

INDONESIAN BIRD MARKET

Play our bird market video and imagine you’ve just arrived at a bird market in Java. Close your eyes, what can you smell? What can you hear? What do you think it would be like to be a bird trapped in a cage? 

After you have listened to the video, use your thoughts and feelings to write a poem from the view of a trapped songbird.

WARNING: This video might be upsetting to some people. 

WORLD & SOUTH EAST ASIA MAPS

When learning about South East Asia, we thought it might be useful to see where it is in the world, so here’s a world map with South East Asia highlighted.

This is especially useful when learning about the illegal trade of Indonesian songbirds as part of our Sing for Songbirds campaign.

PASSERINE VS NON-PASSERINE

There are so many different birds in the world. Songbirds are a large group of birds called PASSERINES. 

But do you know how to tell the difference between a passerine and a non-passerine?

Here’s a clue…..it’s all about their feet!

Once you’ve learned how to tell the difference, see if you can test your knowledge by deciding which group different birds come under; passerine or non-passerine?

INDONESIAN SONGBIRDS

There are many amazing Indonesian songbirds species that we have here at the Zoo.

Using the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, find out a little bit more about a few of them.

SING FOR SONGBIRDS WORD SEARCH & GLOSSARY

From crisis to trade and everything in between – search left, right, up, down and diagonally to find the words we’ve hidden.

Our glossary helps learners to find out more about each word and how it relates to the songbirds crisis and illegal wildlife trade.

STORY OF THE SILENT FOREST

Today we’re going to have a story, a story of mystery, despair and wonder!

So gather round and listen in, I am going to tell you the story of the silent forest.

If you’re learning about our Sing for Songbirds campaign or illegal wildlife trade, our Story of the Silent Forest is an interactive and gentle way to get your pupils interested and start to understand the issues around the illegal trade of songbirds in Indonesia.

It’s a great companion to our other Sing for Songbirds resources.

The download includes an audio version and paper based story to read along to.

Take a listen…

ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE CAMPAIGN BOOKLET

Are you learning about the illegal trade of wildlife at school? Do you want to know a bit more about ways you could help wildlife affected?  Our Illegal Wildlife Trade campaign at Chester Zoo helps conserve important species by encouraging people to be more aware of the illegal trade of species and actions people can take in their daily lives to help.

This booklet has lots of simplified information to help get you started with learning about our Illegal Wildlife Trade Campaign and gives you challenge tasks to help you think of ways you can join in.