This project created a lesson plan for middle school students to learn about birds and raise awareness about threats to natural ecosystems. Our team interviewed middle school teachers, conducted online research, and worked with Mass Audubon to construct a series of five lessons. These lessons cover evolution, interspecies relationships, bird identification, environmental ethics and challenges bird populations face, and are accompanied by an outdoor bird watching activity. To aid in the birdwatching lesson, we created a checklist and field guide of 50 common Central Massachusetts bird species.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Kahn, James S.
• Weaver, Stephen J.
• Mclean, Bridget
• Lovering, Joshua

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-051620-154027

Palavra-chave

• Education in a Technological Society

Advisor

• Kashuri, Hektor
• Davis, John-Michael

Year

• 2020

Sponsor

• Mass Audubon

Date created

• 2020-05-16

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright