<p>Are you looking for ways to build your students' quantitative skills, engage them in critical reading and writing, and have them see the relevance of key science concepts in addressing real-world issues? In Birds Without Borders, students analyze spatial and quantitative data, examine trends, make predictions, create management plans, and present and defend their results. Non-fiction texts and multimedia resources provide context and background for scientific exploration of real-world biodiversity data and issues in settings ranging from local to international. Birds provide compelling hooks to our local environment and links to foreign lands. They also provide essential ecosystem services, ranging from pollination and seed dispersal to garbage disposal and nutrient cycling. Birds Without Borders can be used as a module in biology, environmental science, general science courses, AP biology, or any other applicable science elective. The student readings and activities have been used successfully in courses ranging from seventh grade through advanced placement. This broad range is possible with differing types of scaffolding and levels of sophistication expected in data analysis and application of the results. Inside the book you'll find eight engaging investigations for students: 1 - Discovering the Ecological Roles of Birds (web-based videos); 2 - Exploring Habitat Needs of Nesting Birds (web-based GIS map); 3 - Determining Annual Life Cycles of Local Birds (eBird citizen science data) ; 4 - Modeling Bird Population Trends (eBird citizen science data) ; 5 - Tracking Birds with Citizen Science (eBird citizen science data) ; 6 - Bird Biodiversity Across the Americas (Excel and eBird citizen science data) ; 7 - Exploring Bird Conservation Needs at Home and Abroad (web-based GIS map) ; 8 - Creating a Conservation Plan (PowerPoint and web-based GIS maps).</p>

Birds Without Borders

Education & Teaching

Nancy M. Trautmann

James G. MaKinster

Schools & Teaching

Carte Diem Press

<p>Observing the life cycle of monarch butterflies and following their remarkable migratory journeys between Canada, the United States, and Mexico ... Tracking climate change by recording the dates of first leaf, flower, and fruit of local trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses ... Discovering which bird species migrate, where they go, and when ... Exploring life cycles and population dynamics of frogs, toads, and other animals in nearby ponds ... Citizen science projects such as these gather data through public collaboration in scientific research....We invite you to dig in and become part of this exciting and rapidly growing movement. Your students will not only learn science, but they will also be scientists, and their projects will bring biological and environmental science to life in your classes. from the Preface to Citizen Science: 15 Lessons That Bring Biology to Life, 6 12 The editors of this book have a straightforward goal: to inspire you to engage your students through public collaboration in scientific research also known as citizen science. The book is specifically designed to get you comfortable using citizen science to support independent inquiry through which your students can learn both content and process skills. Citizen Science offers you: Real-life case studies of classes that engaged in citizen science and learned authentic scientific processes and the habits of mind associated with scientific reasoning. Fifteen stimulating lessons you can use to build data collection and analysis into your teaching. Plenty of flexibility. You can use the lessons with or without access to field or lab facilities; whether or not your students can collect and submit data of their own; and inside your classroom or outside through fieldwork in schoolyards, parks, or other natural areas in urban or rural settings. You don t need an advanced degree in science to guide your students in productive participation in one of a growing variety of citizen science projects. As the editors note, Such involvement can scaffold teachers entry into facilitating student investigation while connecting students with relevant, meaningful, and real experiences with science.</p>

Citizen Science: 15 Lessons That Bring Biology to Life, 6-12 - PB344X

National Science Teachers Association - NSTA Press

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