JourneyNorth: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration

URL: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

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Not many websites bring together whooping cranes, gray whales, and bald eagles, but this educational resource from Annenberg Media manages to do just that. The site is designed to help students learn more about the global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change by drawing on their own observations. On the homepage, visitors can click on a diverse set of animals to learn more about their migratory patterns. Moving on down the site, visitors can also contribute their own recent sightings and take a look at data that's been submitted by other users. The "Maps" section is a great way to get a visual overview of the most recent sightings and there is a great area for teachers that includes instructional activities and classroom lessons.

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Subject keyword(s)	Animals, Behavior, Birds, Earth and space science, Earth in the solar system, Ecology, Forestry and Agriculture, Ecosystems, Geography, Geoscience, Habitat, Life Science, Life science, Plants, Populations, Satellites, Science, Science -- Biological and life sciences, Science -- Informal education, Seasons, Social Sciences, Wildlife
Grade level	Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Higher Education, Informal Education, Vocational/Professional Development Education
Intended audience	Educator, Learner
Resource type	Audio/Visual, Collection, Dataset, Instructional Material, Reference Material
Resource format	application, application/pdf, text, text/html
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Content contained within the resource

Track Spring's Journey North! News Search Site map Spring 2012   American Robins    Bald Eagles    Frogs    Gray Whales    Hummingbirds    Monarch Butterflies    Mystery Class    Phenology    Red-winged Blackbirds    Sunlight & Seasons    Symbolic Migration    Tulip Test Gardens    Whooping Cranes    Other Signs of Spring Register Report Observations Maps Kids FAQ Teachers Orientation Search Year-at-a-Glance Timeline Monarch Butterflies Tulip Gardens Gray Whales Sunlight & Mystery Class And more! Whooping Cranes Send a Monarch to Mexico! American Robins Sunlight & the Seasons Hummingbirds Phenology Seasonal change is all around us. Children see it in the length of a day, in the appearance of a flower, in the flight of a butterfly. Journey North is a free, Internet-based program that explores the interrelated aspects of seasonal change. Through interrelated investigations, students discover that sunlight drives all living systems and they learn about the dynamic ecosystem that surrounds and connects them. Sunlight and the Seasons: Children study seasonal change in sunlight in a global game of hide and seek called Mystery Class. Plants and the Seasons: Children explore tulip growth in their own gardens, running an experiment that tracks the arrival of spring. Seasonal Migrations: Children follow animal migrations. They observe, research, and report findings and watch journeys progress on live maps. Journey North for Kids: A simple, student-directed entry point to Journey North studies. Engaging stories, photos, videos, and slide shows from the natural world build observation skills, inspire scientific thinking, and create fertile ground for discussions and new questions! Journey North engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12 students share their own field observations with classmates across North America. They track the coming of spring through the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, robins, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, gray whales, bald eagles— and other birds and mammals; the budding of plants; changing sunlight; and other natural events. Find migration maps, pictures, standards-based lesson plans, activities and information to help students make local observations and fit them into a global context. Widely considered a best-practices model for education, Journey North is the nation's premiere "citizen science" project for children. The general public is welcome to participate. Copyright 1997-2012 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Send questions and comments to our feedback form.