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A Round Trip Ticket
A Round Trip Ticket
Students plan a migration route for a Neotropical migrant to learn about migration.
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Avian Olympics
Avian Olympics
By competing in physical activities, students learn about birds’ physical abilities and the difficulties of migration.
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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.
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Cowbird Capers
Cowbird Capers
Students participate in a simulation of brown-headed cowbird parasitism.
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Cultural Exchange
Cultural Exchange
Students send a cultural exchange packet representing aspects of life in Illinois to a class in Latin America.
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Defining a Forest
Defining a Forest
Through simulation and discussion students define a forest.
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Designing Researchers
Designing Researchers
Students practice scientific inquiry by proposing a research design to study populations of Neotropical migrants.
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Habitat Squeeze
Habitat Squeeze
Through a simulation, students experience habitat loss over time.
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If There Were No Birds
If There Were No Birds…
Through brainstorming and interviewing others, students hear and express an appreciation for birds.
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Intelligent Tinkering
Intelligent Tinkering
By removing parts of a machine used to model an ecosystem, students learn about biodiversity and the dangers of removing parts before knowing the role they play in a system.
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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.
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Migrateering
Migrateering
By completing an orienteering course, students learn about bird migration.
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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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Tell the World
Tell the World
Students express what they have learned in this unit to an audience outside of the class.
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Territory Tango
Territory Tango
Students make craft dough models of bird territories to learn about habitat requirements of interior forest species compared to edge species.
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The Balancing Act
The Balancing Act
Students will create a mobile to demonstrate the balance between people and nature.
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Town Meeting
Town Meeting
In a simulated town meeting, students use information they have learned during the unit to make decisions regarding a forest.
