[PAEE] FW: 2010 Program Announcement - "Raptors in the City" - Technology connects kids with nature

[Ruth Roperti]

From: Deborah Mathies [mailto:raptors at hvc.rr.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:06 AM
To: raptors at hvc.rr.com
Subject: 2010 Program Announcement - "Raptors in the City" - Technology
connects kids with nature

 

PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT

  

New for 2010   "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 a "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. 

 

The online portion of Raptors in the City guides children through nesting
season (roughly late 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 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 Raptors in the City program) begins in late February
2010.  

 



 

This is a male chick hatched at the nestsite at age 4 weeks.  

 

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:  <http://www.raptorsinthecity.org>
www.raptorsinthecity.org 

 

 

Photos are courtesy of Scott Wright, volunteer peregrine nest monitor.

 

 

Contact person: 

 

Deborah Mathies, Teacher and Director

Raptors in the City program

Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY

 <http://www.raptorsinthecity.org> www.raptorsinthecity.org

 

 

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