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Webinar: Green Teachers
4 February 2016 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm UTC-5
COLLECTING FIELD DATA ON LOCAL BIRDS WITH ELEMENTARY
Presenters: Renee Bachman and Ted Watt
Thursday, February 4, 2016 7:30-8:30pm EST
Ted and Renee planned and carried out a Birds in Forested Landscape Cornell University Nesting Bird Survey with 5th Graders in Western Massachusetts. In this Webinar Ted and Renee will describe their project along with other bird study projects done. Teaching bird identification
skills, visual and auditory, field data collection and analysis skills and presentation techniques for the wider community will be included. Outdoor bird study with students is aligned with NGSS practices and is a lot of fun!
Renee Bachman is a veteran teacher who currently teaches at Leeds Elementary School in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her passion is getting kids outdoors to do authentic science and foster a sense of stewardship in her students. Ted Watt , of the Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Amherst, MA, USA, has worked as a teaching naturalist at environmental centers for over 35 years. He has studied birds and plants of northeastern North America and is tremendously curious about all life and enjoys working with local elementary students and teachers to enhance standards-based outdoor learning.