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One Bird - Two Habitats On-site Activities

• Avian Olympics

Avian Olympics

By competing in physical activities, students learn about birds’ physical abilities and the difficulties of migration.

• Buddy Banding

Buddy Banding

By conducting a simulation activity that involves banding fellow classmates, students use scientific inquiry and learn about how some bird research is done.

• Cowbird Capers

Cowbird Capers

Students participate in a simulation of brown-headed cowbird parasitism.

• Defining a Forest

Defining a Forest

Through simulation and discussion students define a forest.

• Designing Researchers

Designing Researchers

Students practice scientific inquiry by proposing a research design to study populations of Neotropical migrants.

• If There Were No Birds

If There Were No Birds…

Through brainstorming and interviewing others, students hear and express an appreciation for birds.

• Interview a Bird

Interview a Bird

Students will perform research, write a report and conduct an interview to learn more about a Neotropical migratory bird.

• Migrateering

Migrateering

By completing an orienteering course, students learn about bird migration.

• Migration Migraines

Migration Migraines

By simulating migration on a playing field, students see increases in human populations correlated with decreases in bird habitats and populations.

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