EBird Program for Teachers

Rokeby Museum

Calling all Teachers looking for fun ways to integrate experiences with science into your classroom.

Calling all Teachers looking for fun ways to integrate experiences with science into your classroom. Gather at Rokeby and learn about an exciting app that can help you introduce the world of local birds to your students and all the while enable them to be a community scientists contributing valuable information to a worldwide database used by conservation scientists. The eBird program was developed by and is maintained by the famed Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It can be used on a pc, tablet, android or smartphone and by people at all levels of “computer literacy” and all levels of birding experience. With it your students canContribute to science and conservation while engaging with nature in fun outdoor activityFind and learn about more birds Keep track of their bird lists, photos, and soundsExplore latest sightings from around the worldJoin the world’s largest birding community eBird is suited for students in grades 5 and above. It is usable in lower grades with adult direction. Jacob Crawford, regional eBird reviewer and Community Science and Chapter Engagement AmeriCorps Member at Green Mountain Audubon, and Dean Leary of Rokeby Museum will introduce you to Ebird and show how this easy to use program can help you in your classroom, and how you and your students can help science. All you need is a well charged electronic device. Cell service makes it easier to use outside, but isn&#x27;t necessary. The workshop will take place Saturday, November 19 from 4:30 to 6:30 pm at Rokeby at 4334 Route 7 in Ferrisburgh This event is free but registration is required. This workshop is made possible by grants awarded through the Northeast Bird Habitat Conservation Initiative (NBHCI), a collaborative effort between The Regional Conservation Partnership (RCP) Network, Audubon groups, Highstead, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. With funding from the Sarah K. de Coizart Perpetual Charitable Trust, NBHCI awarded eBird mini-grants of $500 to nine RCPs, including the Mid-Champlain Valley RCP of northern Addison County, so they can host workshops that train participants within their networks on how to use eBird.

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EBird Program for Teachers

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