Exploring with Scientists
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Do birds avoid noisy habitats?
Come learn about birds, noise pollution, and conservation. Elizeth will describe how she asks the question “Do birds avoid noisy habitats?” and how scientists like Elizeth study birds and other species present in an ecosystem.
Join Elizeth to learn about the field of ornithology. Grow your knowledge of birds and find out about how noise pollution can impact their populations.
Connect with biologists and other experts. Programs are designed for elementary school students
Program Series Sections 1-4
Part 1: Careers/ getting started in science
How can you become a scientist?
(5 minutes)
Part 2: Exploring scientific interest
Where can you work at as an ornithologist?
(8 minutes)
Part 3: Ornithology; fieldwork and data collection
Birds are amazing but their abundance is declining, now how do we collect data to answer a scientific question?
(15 minutes)
Part 4: What to do with the data/ what's next
Once we have collected the data, what do we do with it?
(13 minutes)
In this google folder, Exploring with Scientists Teacher Resources, you will find the documents below. You can view or create copies of each to use in your Google classroom or other virtual teaching space.
Program slides
Program Q&A
NGSS Standards for Program
Section Quizzes