K12> 2004 Program Announcement - "Raptors in the City" - Technology connects kids with nature

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From: "Raptors in the City" <raptors@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Deborah Mathies <raptors@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:52:14 -0500
Subject: 2004 Program Announcement - "Raptors in the City" - 
Technology connects kids with nature
 

PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
 
New for 2004   "Raptors in the City"
 
TECHNOLOGY CONNECTS KIDS WITH NATURE
 
How do you catch a glimpse of the fastest creature on earth?  Go 
online!  "Raptors in the City" is a real-time,  inquiry-based science 
and technology program for grades 4-6 that stars the peregrine 
falcon.  The peregrine has recovered from near extinction and was 
removed from the List of Endangered Species in 1999, one of the great 
success stories in the field of wildlife conservation.  The online 
portion of Raptors in the City guides children through nesting season 
(roughly February to June) as they watch the still rare falcons live 
via cameras mounted on skyscrapers.  The curriculum supports one 
semester of study, and the students learn environmental, biological, 
and technological lessons, as well as research skills, tied 
to national science and technology standards.  Curriculum materials 
and books for falcon study are available at low cost.  It's easy - no 
software to install.  
 
Nesting season (and the the Raptors in the City program) begins in 
February 2004.  
 
To subscribe to the free "Falcon Flash" e-newsletter,  
weekly  bulletins and pictures from the program's study nestsite 
during nesting season, reply to this message with "subscribe" in the 
subject.  
 
For more information visit: 
www.raptorsinthecity.org 
 
Contact person: 
Deborah Mathies
177 W. Norwalk Rd. 
Norwalk, CT  06850
(203) 831-0855, e-mail: 
raptors@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
 
This is a picture of a female peregrine falcon at the "Raptors in the 
City" program's study nestsite.  She is perched atop the "falconcam" 
that broadcasts the nesting drama live on the internet.  Nestbox is on 
the right background on window ledge.  Photo is courtesy of Scott 
Wright, peregrine nest monitor (picture is also available at higher 
resolution).


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