SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015
© 2015 by Vicki Whiting, Editor
Jeff Schinkel, Graphics
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Vol. 31, No. 52
Take a stroll around your
neighborhood with friends or
family members. On this walk,
each of you take one of the
cards below and cross out
items as you see them. First
one to black out the card wins!
very year for over a century,
people around the country
count birds.
It’s called the Christmas Bird
Count. Counting birds every
year at the same time and in
the same location gives scientists
important information about
birds and the environment.
In 2007, Tom Rusert of
Sonoma Birding had the idea
to include kids in this important
“citizen science” effort.
He launched the first Audubon
Christmas Bird Count
(CBC) for Kids. It was
so successful that now
organizations around
the country are
starting their
own CBC
for Kids
programs,
following
Rusert’s model.
To learn more about how
you could start or join a
CBC for Kids, visit:
www.audubon.org or
www.sonomabirding.com
The information helps
scientists protect birds and
their habitat—and helps identify
environmental problems. For example, changes
in bird populations can tell about a threat to the
environment, such as groundwater poisoning
from improper use of pesticides.
Look through today’s
newspaper and count
the number of eyes
you can find in
photos, comics, etc.
Have a parent try.
Who found the most?
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to locate
information.
How many
of these can
you find?
Observation is an
important scientific
skill. Look carefully
to count each type of
bird and complete this
graph by coloring in a
bar for each one you
count on this page.
Now make
a graph of
your
results.
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to locate
information.
PROTECT
COUNT
LEARN
CENTURY
HOLLY
SKILL
BIRDS
STARS
SCIENCE
MODEL
CAP
CANDY
GRAPH
TYPE
LOOK
L P J K M N R A E L
B I R D S O P G M S
Y U Q O R T D A X C
R G T B T Y Y E C
U R N L L E S
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P L E
T A U L N S C Y E N
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E H C K C A N D Y E
C W V S B K O O L W
Look through the newspaper for a picture and
then study it for one minute. After one minute,
cover the image and write down or share with
a partner every detail you can remember.
Standards Link: Students observe common objects using the
five senses.
This week’s word:
CENTURY
The noun century means
a period of 100 years.
The first members of my
family to move into our
town arrived here over a
century ago.
Try to use the word century
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
Write a paragraph about a
bird you like. Explain why
you chose this bird. Include
three facts in your report.
ANSWER: It scrambled across!
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