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Guiding
Questions
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Critical
Content (Students will know...)
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National
Standards Met
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Skill
Objectives (Students will be able to...)
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Suggested Activity
Lesson Plans
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| Why
do some animals migrate? |
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how to define migration.
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how migration helps some animals to survive.
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Science
Social
Studies
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research facts about a migrating species
...use
reasoning to explain why a species migrates.
...present
information to the class.
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Activity
1:
Exploring Migration
Students
discuss migration and research specifics about a migrating
species.
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What are climate and seasons? |
...how
the earth's orbit around the sun affects climate and seasons.
...how
climate varies across the globe.
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Science
Geography
Social
Studies
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use a globe to understand relationships between the earth
and the sun.
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to create a climate map.
...research
and describe their own climate.
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Activity
2:
Modeling the Seasons
Students
will explore climates around the world and how the earth's
orbit around the sun affects them. Students will resarch
and describe their local climate.
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How
do climate and seasons affect whether an animal would migrate
and where?
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why animals may spend different seasons in different climates.
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what type of climate Denali has, and what its seasons are
like. What eagles need that they can't get in the park year-round.
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Science
Social
Studies
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...research
data about movements and geography
...communicate
through maps and diagrams
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how to use maps to process and report information from a
spatial perspective
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Activity
3:
Climate and Migration Patterns
Students
will map migration routes of various species onto a climate
map.
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Why
are there different types of migration?
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different species use different types of migration depending
on their own life histories, environment and climate.
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Science
Geography
Social
Studies
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...describe
movements on the globe space
...translate
data between maps and spatial models
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Activity
4:
Spatial Migration Game
Students
try to demonstrate and guess different migratory species.
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What
cues does an animal use to know when to migrate?
How
do animals orient and navigate during migration?
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...different
animals use different senses to know when to migrate and
how to navigate.
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Science
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...create
hypthoses
...design
an experiment
...perform
an experiment
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record data
...draw
conclusions
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Activity
5:
Migration Cues
Students
create hypotheses and design experiments to study migration
and navigation.
Activity
6:
Homing Experiment
Students
perform their own experiment on sense of direction in humans.
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What
types of adaptations do golden eagles have for migration?
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the physical and behavioral adaptations that help golden eagles
to migrate long distances successfully |
Science
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...build
a physical model of a biological system
...construct
a physical model of written information
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Activity
7:
Bird Modeling
Students
construct a model of an eagle that highlights the migration
adaptations
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| When
do Denali golden eagles migrate? |
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which season(s) they spend in Denali, when they leave, what
season they spend outside the park, and when they return. |
Science
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review data and use it to answer scientific questions.
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Activity
8:
Golden Eagle Life Cycle Diagram
Students
diagram the life cycle including when eagles hatch and migrate.
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How
do researchers study migration patterns?
What
can we learn from radiotracking golden eagles?
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...how
researchers use radiotracking data to answer a series of
questions about migration patterns of golden eagles.
...where
the Denali golden eagles migrate to, and
the differences in their paths.
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most juveniles do not nest in Denali National Park and Preserve
on their return north.
...the
range of flight rates for golden eagles and how they compare
between eagles, and the difference between flight rate and
air speed.
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Science
Math
Geography
Social
Studies
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...map
coordinate information
...interpolate
numbers between grid lines
...interpret
mapped information
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use mapped information to answer research questions.
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Activity
9:
Which Way Do We Go?
Students
use real radiotracking data to follow the golden eagles
on their migratory journey and answer research questions.
Activity
10:
The Race South
Students
use real radiotracking data to calculate rates and distances
of golden eagle migration.
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| What
does migration mean for protecting the golden eagles that
spend the breeding season in Denali National Park and Preserve? |
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the difficulties NPS faces in protecting a species when it
only spends part of the year in the park. |
Science
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record data on population changes.
...simulate
natural processes as a class.
...graph
tabular data.
...analyze
data (tabular and graphed) and simulated processes to answer
questions.
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Activity
11:
The Safe Zone
A game
where students represent migrating eagles and the dangers
along way. Data is collected and analyzed.
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| What
is the role of Denali National Park and Preserve in conserving
golden eagle populations in Alaska? |
...the
importance of national parks in preserving species. |
Science
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Final
Activity |
