In-depth
Lessons (to address the boldface words on the
pages)
• Who's
in Charge? (Journey North for Kids)
• Keeping
Crane Chicks Healthy (Journey
North for Kids)
• Swamp
Monster Helps With Training
• What Is Roosting?
• Report
Cards for Cranes in Training
• Flight
Formation: The V's Have It
• Adaptations
That Help Cranes Survive
Audio
Clip (with pre-listening guide questions)
How Does the Trike
Help The Cranes in Flight? ( Pilot Deke Clark: 67 seconds)
Video Clip:
Why
Three Cohorts? (Pilot Joe Duff explains) Video
Tech Tips for Viewing
Text
of video clip: "We
start with 3 separate cohorts and they're divided into small
groups based on age and they're housed in 3 separate pens at
the refuge. And we train them in small groups because that's
more natural, and it's easier to get their attention. They
know there's safety in numbers. It's easy to sing in a choir
with a hundred people up there but it's hard to sing a solo
and when you sing a solo you're kind of insecure. And these
birds in small numbers are less secure and therefore they turn
to the parent and pay attention and so that's why we raise
them in small numbers."
Discuss: Name 2 reasons the birds are
raised and trained in 3 small cohorts instead of one
big one.
Play
a Game: Pecking
Order Simulation Game
Journal: Write
a paragraph describing why it's important for the trainers
and ultralight pilots to understand and work with
the cranes' dominance structure. |