Bald Eagle Suggestions for Student Research With Satellite Data Peter Nye's satellite-tracked eagles provide an opportunity for you to do your own research. Read the objectives of the scientist's study. Then consider how you might design a study of your own using the same migration data. Form and test your own hypothesis or uncover answers to questions you have by digging into data. At the conclusion of your study, write a scientific paper and/or hold a scientific conference in your class and share your results. See Planning Science Investigations to help you get started. Links Migration Maps and Data Archives Migration Comparison Charts Comparing Eagles  Comparing Spring Migrations Summarize and Share Your Results Scientist Says: How Scientists Communicate the Results of Their Research Sample Research Questions Come up with your own questions! Consider these: Spring Migration Routes Does an eagle follow the same route every year? Does it stop at the same places along the way? Timing of the Migration Does an eagle begin the spring migration at the same time each year? How many days does the eagle travel? How many miles per day does it travel? All Eagles Do all of the eagles begin their migrations at the same time? Why or why not? Do weather systems seem to influence the timing of their departures? Females vs. Males Would you expect the migrations of males and females to be the same or different? Why? What can you learn this spring by comparing the migration of males and females? Old vs. Young Would you expect the migrations of adults and young eagles to be the same or different? Why? What can you learn this spring by comparing the migration of adults and juveniles? National Science Education Standards Ask a question about objects, organisms, events. Plan and conduct a simple investigation. Use data to conduct a reasonable explanation. Communicate investigations and explanations. Think critically and logically to make relationship between evidence and explanations. Scientists develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they already know about the world. Scientists make the results of their investigations public; they describe the investigations in ways that enable others to repeat the investigations. Scientists review and ask questions about the results of other scientists' work. Facebook Pinterest Twitter © 1997 – 2024 Journey North. All rights reserved.