"Raptors in the City" - Technology connects kids with nature

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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
New for 2006   "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 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.

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 courtesy of the Cleveland
Museum of Natural History.  Her nestbox is on a 12th floor window ledge, in
the right background .  (Photo is courtesy of Scott Wright, volunteer
peregrine nest monitor).

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 a skyscraper.  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
2006.

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

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