Inquiry introduction - Proximal goal #4

In the inquiry introduction, I introduced the topic of the magic of seasons to my students. We talked about our wonders about the seasons and listed some questions we had. We went outside into our school garden to make some observations about things that were changing and what was staying the same.
To my surprise, the kids were intrigued with the birds that kept flying around us. We get lots of seagulls and crows on our school grounds this time of year. I had one student make a comment on bird migration for the Winter. This really surprised me!
I wasn't prepared to have our unit take this turn, but I was so impressed by my students engagement with the idea of birds as a part of seasonal changes that I was inspired to allow the unit to flow in this direction. When we went back inside, we decided as a class that we wanted to learn more about the birds that fly around our school. And so the inquiry process begins!