Students will launch the investigation by closely noticing possible hawk habitats around school, using pictures, movement, and shared talk to begin answering the question of how red-tailed hawks use trees, skies, and open spaces around City Heights.

Students will study puzzling hawk clues, ask investigable questions, make simple predictions, and co-create an observation plan using pictures, maps, and oral language so they are ready to gather evidence in the next phase.

Students will carry out shared hawk observations, use picture-based tools to document what was seen and where it happened, compare evidence from different neighborhood spaces, and organize records that classmates can later use to make evidence-based claims about how red-tailed hawks use trees, skies, and open spaces around City Heights.

Students will sort and compare their hawk evidence, turn observations into class visuals, practice making evidence-based claims, revise explanations through peer feedback, and prepare a polished model talk for the upcoming Hawk Habitat Walk.

Students will share their hawk habitat findings with families and school visitors, use evidence from their journals, maps, and models during a public presentation, and reflect on how their investigation answered the essential question: How do red-tailed hawks use the trees, skies, and open spaces around City Heights?