The Bird Box Survey Project

Autor/in	Willis, Patrick
Titel	The Bird Box Survey Project
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 81 (2014) 2, S.37-41 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Secondary School Science; Field Trips; Student Projects; Science Activities; Data Collection; Ornithology; Inquiry; Active Learning; Academic Standards; Investigations; Program Descriptions; Behavioral Objectives; Formative Evaluation; Summative Evaluation; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Exkursion; Schulprojekt; Data capture; Datensammlung; Ornithologie; Aktives Lernen; Untersuchung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	When high school students are asked what's the best part of science class, many will say it's the field trips. Students enjoy engaging in authentic, community-based science outside the classroom. To capitalize on this, Patrick Willis created the Bird Box Survey Project for his introductory field biology class. The project takes students to a nearby wildlife preserve, where they collect data on tree swallows and make recommendations about the nesting boxes based on their findings. The project not only involves students in inquiry-based science, but also addresses both "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" (NRC 2012) and the "Next Generation of Science Standards" (NGSS Lead States 2013). Students generate questions, plan and carry out their own investigations, collect field data, determine independent and dependent variables, and analyze and share their results (Bourdeau 2004). This article describes the Bird Box Survey Project in more detail and how to replicate it. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10