Day 61 - Fri Dec 14: Given the democratic landslide vote of yesterday, I rushed to work this morning to throw together a quick PowerPoint bird identification game for my classes. Each of the 20 slides featured a different species. Some of them had several photos of of the same bird from various angles or exhibiting trademark behaviors.
The students were broken up into groups. After a quick field guide tutorial, the game commenced. Students were told to jot down their individual observations of the bird then work together to find it in the field guide.
I have never seen them WORK quite so eagerly!
The whole day was quite invigorating for me. They were discriminating body structure, picking up such interesting details, scouring the field guides, and (almost always) finding the right species.
All the while, words of excitement of birds were floating across the room. These kids were discovering the amazing beauty of our North American avidiversity right before my eyes. What an experience!!
As the end of class beckoned, many of the students begged to continue playing the game (even through lunch!!!)
This virtual birding excursion with more than 130 students was extremely rewarding today = )
No comments:
Post a Comment