Building Student Math and Science Skills and Knowledge through Real-World Bird Data

Date: Tuesday, 2/16/2010
Time: 7:30pm EST

In this session, you’ll find out about the Cornell Lab’s citizen science projects, especially eBird, and how your classroom can participate. You’ll also see examples of the kinds of online data and graphs that are easily accessible to you and your students. Finally, you’ll learn about our free BirdSleuth resources that will support you in giving students experience with the entire scientific process: observing birds carefully, asking their own questions, collecting data, summarizing data with graphs and charts, drawing evidence-based conclusions through research and observation, and publishing their results in Cornell Lab’s student scientific journals.

The BirdSleuth curriculum weaves together major life science concepts such as habitat, diversity, adaptations, and behavior through engaging activities and schoolyard investigations focused on birds. Further, it engages students in Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s citizen science programs, giving them a real-world connection to Cornell University scientists and access to authentic biological data which they can use to answer their own questions. Your students will be motivated and excited to participate in citizen science because it gets them outside, it’s challenging and fun, and they know that their data will be put to use addressing real-world issues of local and global concern.

To learn more about BirdSleuth, please visit the BirdSleuth website or join our Facebook page.

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Comment by Jennifer Fee on February 8, 2010 at 10:32am

I'm really looking forward to hosting this webinar, and hope you will join me!