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Science Department
Tualatin Valley Academy
Hillsboro, Oregon

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Presented August 6 - 8, 2012 at the NAD Teachers Convention in Nashville, TN.

BirdSleuth: Most Wanted Birds (PowerPoint)
Open your students' eyes to the birds all around them!  The Most Wanted Birds kit includes full-color focus cards, interactive computer-based bird ID quizzes, posters, and hands-on activities.  Your students will learn how to identify the birds in your schoolyard and to report their bird sightings on eBird!

Related Resources:
Student Paintings Featured at Cornell Gallery (PDF)

Related Links:
All About Birds
Bird Blind & Feeding Station
BirdSleuth
Inside Birding Videos
Mr. Kahler's Bird Page

BirdSleuth: Investigating Evidence (PowerPoint)
Need help with student inquiry?  Cornell Lab of Ornithology created this free online BirdSleuth module to help!  The module includes lesson plans, journal pages, and online resources that will help your students ask scientific questions, craft and test hypotheses, collect and organize data, draw meaningful conclusions, and publish their work.

Related Resources:
A Science Program with Wings

Connect Vol.15 No.1, September/October, 2001 (PDF)

BirdSleuth Inspires Student Inquiry
Connect Vol.23 No.2, November/December, 2009  (PDF)

Related Links:
BirdSleuth
Bird Blind & Feeding Station
eBird
Mr. Kahler's Bird Page
Student Reports

 

BirdSleuth: Authentic Scientific Inquiry Using Online Wikispaces (PowerPoint)
Online collaborative working groups enable students to become more engaged in scientific experimentation.  Middle school students in Florida and Oregon teamed up to present and review their bird research projects using a wikispace.  Learn how free online technology such as the BirdSleuth program and wikispaces can benefit your students.

Related Resources:
Cross-Country Collaborators

Birdscope Volume 24, Autumn 2010 (PDF)

Related Links:
BirdSleuth
eBird
Mr. Kahler's Bird Page
PBWorks
Student Reports

Wikispaces

Classroom Beekeeping (PowerPoint)
Add excitement to your classroom by opening a window to the hidden world of the honeybee.  Observation beehives allow students to observe the industrious work and life cycle of the honeybee.  Discover the passion and commitment needed to make your classroom beekeeping project a success.

Related Resources:
Classroom Beekeeping

Connect Vol.23 No.4, March/April 2010 (PDF)

Related Links:
Bees
Beekeeping
Observation Hive


Sermon on Adventist Education presented at Forest Grove, OR on September 22, 2012.
Moving Hearts And Minds Upward
(PowerPoint)
 

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