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JOURNEY NORTH
Engaging students in a Global Study of Wildlife Migration
Engaging Students in a Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
- Who: Students Across North America
- What: Track Wildlife Migration and Spring's Journey North
- When: February 2 to June 1, 1997
- How: Register Now
The Annenberg Media Math & Science Project is pleased to present Journey North, an annual Internet-based learning adventure that engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Beginning on Groundhog's Day (Feb. 2nd), students travel northward with spring as it sweeps across North America. With global classmates and state-of-the-art computer technology, they can predict the arrival of spring from half a world away.
Migrations
Up-to-the-minute news about a dozen migrations will be exchanged between
classrooms as students report observations from their own home towns.
Migrations to be tracked by Journey North this spring include:
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Monarch Butterflies, Robins, Bald Eagles, Manatees, Right, Gray and
Humpback Whales,
Loons, Orioles, Hummingbirds, Whooping Cranes, Caribou and even migratory
Bats.
The dramatic journeys of several animals will be tracked by satellite. News travels from the animals' transmitters, to an orbiting satellite, and then directly into the classroom via the Internet. This revolutionary technology will give students a bird's-eye view of the remarkable challenges faced by individual animals as they travel.
Signs of Spring
Linked to classrooms from the tropics to the tundra, students will conduct
interactive, comparative studies of the natural world.
In addition to following migrations, they will observe the local emergence
of spring through studies of changing daylight,
temperature and other signs of spring.
One thousand schools, representing approximately 50,000 students, are participating this season. Please join us!
For more information contact the Journey North office:
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jnorth@learner.org (612)476-6470
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