Bird watching in schools.

In 2008, over 45,000 UK school children stuck black paper with eye-slits on classroom windows, put up bird posters, borrowed binoculars, made bird feeders out of old plastic bottles, and counted the numbers and species of birds they spotted in their school grounds. As well as helping the RSPB assess...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Big Heart Media (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	[England] : Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education, 2008.
Series:	Education in video Learning outside the classroom ; 1
Subjects:	Bird watching. Science > Study and teaching > Activity programs. Oiseaux > Observation. Sciences > Étude et enseignement > Méthodes actives. Alexander Street Video. Instructional television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction. Émissions pédagogiques télévisées.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	In 2008, over 45,000 UK school children stuck black paper with eye-slits on classroom windows, put up bird posters, borrowed binoculars, made bird feeders out of old plastic bottles, and counted the numbers and species of birds they spotted in their school grounds. As well as helping the RSPB assess the health of the nation's bird population, it also provides a general theme upon which to base many classroom activities, which can engage students in maths, literacy and ICT, and make learning a rewarding and enjoyable experience.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (18 min.).