Highlights
from the Migration Trail
(Teachers:
Map is hotlinked for larger projection on smartboard or screen.)
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Migration
Map >>
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Sightings
Database >> |
Find
the latest news about the cranes. Click the tool
beside the migration map. Look in the sightings database for news
about each crane.
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Can
you find...
1.
Which crane's signal did tracker Eva lose on April 8th due to
strong winds and rain as the bird neared Chicago? |
2.
Eva was searching for the lost crane (#703) in the Chicago area
when she
heard signals of 5 cranes as they headed north. Which five cranes
did Eva discover? |
3.
Male crane #706 was with the last group of cranes to leave the
wintering
pen in Florida. He was traveling with four other cranes. Which
cranes are his travel mates now? |
4.
Why did so few cranes finish migration this week?
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5.
Chose one of the cranes and tell the story of its migration so far.
Draw its route on a map.
Include details that give your reader a sense of what Whooping Crane
migration is like. (Write on back.) |