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Home| Journey North | |||
Grades: | 3–8 | ||
Primary Domain(s): | Life Science | ||
Scope: | Modular | ||
Topics Include: | Animal migration, phenology, wildlife, temperature, seasons, cycles, natural eventus, habitat, food chain | ||
Time Online: | Medium | ||
Fee: | No | ||
Developer: | Journey North | ||
Publisher/Funder: | Annenberg Foundation, PBS | ||
Copyright: | 2003 | ||
Web Address: | http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ | ||
Description: | Each spring, students all over North America report the first “signs of spring” in their neighborhoods, such as flowers blooming, ice melting, and migratory species arriving. Students share these field observations, via the Web, with classrooms across the Hemisphere and can see the big picture formed by their collective observations on specially prepared data-maps on the Journey North Web site. Journey North's studies of migratory species include monarch butterflies, manatees, caribou, bald eagles, robins, and barn swallows. Students also track the first appearances of tulips and earthworms, as well as the ice-out of lakes and the “leaf-out” of certain tree species. Students can link directly with scientists through the Journey North Web site and can also link to additional resources that help them understand the species they are observing. | ||
