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Celebrate Urban Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Celebrate Urban Birds is a project by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that involves urban communities in birdwatching and conservation activities. The Explore and Learn section features...more
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Celebrate Urban Birds is a project by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that involves urban communities in birdwatching and conservation activities. The Explore and Learn section features Regional Kits and Guides, Educational Guides, and podcasts. It encourages collaborative science through data submission on bird observations and provides mini-grants for community projects.
tag(s): birds (47), cities (17), citizen science (43)
In the Classroom
Have students use the website to identify local birds and then observe them in their schoolyard or backyards. Have students record their sightings and behaviors using Google Forms, reviewed here. then your class can review and create an infographic of the data using Infogram, reviewed here Using guidance from the site, have your class design and plant a garden that attracts local birds, documenting the process and bird visits on a blog. After studying birds on the website, students create artworks inspired by what they've learned and display them digitally on a platform like Artsonia, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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