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Provided by: Project Oceanography |Published on: May 15, 2024
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Synopsis
In this resource, students will learn about the habitats of Connecticut's shorebirds, the impact of pollution of these habitats, and how to identify the birds.
Students will identify plastic waste in shorebird nests, test their shorebird identification skills with a quiz, and collect data on the number of shorebirds.
Students will look at shorebirds on Flat Hammock and South Dumpling Islands.
Students should be able to do the first two activities independently, making this an easy-to-implement sub plan.
Students will love seeing and hearing the different shorebirds.
Prerequisites
The audio on the first slideshow doesn't work.
Section 3 asks students to use the bird counting sheet per the teacher's instructions, but the teacher instructions aren't available in the resource. If the school is close to these birds' habitats, students can go birdwatching and use the data sheet to record the birds they find.
Students may need some words defined before doing the activities, such as pelagic, migrate, metabolism, and others.
Differentiation & Implementation
Math students can practice graphing skills by creating various graphs with the Bird Counting Datasheet.
Students in language arts classes can write poems to illustrate the trash in the habitats.
Some students may benefit from a graphic organizer to add to as they look through the slides.
Students can log their plastic use and make a commitment to reduce it to protect shorebird habitats.
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