Home Tweet Home 2012
WSKG and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology are proud to
offer the Home Tweet Home competition. This contest is offered
to K-12 students and calls for the application of science and
technology skills.
WSKG and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology invited student groups in grades K-12 to submit proposals with ideas on creating or improving bird habitats in your community. Selected proposals will receive a $200 stipend to implement their project! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology will send all entrants a kit with all the educational materials needed to carry out your project including 2 colorful bird posters, a gardening for the birds poster, seeds for planting, data collection sheet, and more!
The challenge is to support a bird habitat in your community! This could include watering & feeding areas, nestboxes, expanding upon an existing habitat, creating a new habitat, etc. Proposals featured a narrative describing the project in detail, an artistic rendering of the finished project, and a budget.
Guidelines for the contest:
- Project implemented community by June 2012
- Participate in a training video conference hosted by Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientists
- Collect Celebrate Urban Birds data
- Work with WSKG and The Cornell Lab to share your experience with other student groups involved in Home Tweet Home and our community
- Integrate arts, sciences, and English Language Arts ELA
- Get people outside!
WHO: Students in grades K-12 must work in a group/team with at least 3 members and 1 teacher/adult coach. This competition is open to schools, classrooms, youth organizations & clubs, scouting groups, 4H programs, etc.
WHERE:
WSKG coverage area (see map)
Application deadline December 16, 2011
Visit Home Tweet Home at WSKG for applications!
Proposals are being reviewed.
It's easy to learn about birds, collect data, and improve habitat.
Birds
Start by learning about just a few focal species
- Learn to identify the 16 Celebrate Urban Birds focal bird species
- Want to learn more? Visit All About Birds
- Inside birding videos. Learn how to identify birds with ease.
Collect Data
Participating in citizen science means
you'll watch birds and send your observations to the Cornell Lab. It's
easy! Anyone can do it.
Improve Habitat:
Keep it simple, plant bird friendly plants in containers, put up
bird feeders, put up nestboxes, set up a bird bath, make a brush pile...
- Learn how to create or improve a bird friendly habitat
- Learn how to garden for the birds in urban locations
- If you don't have an area where you can make a garden -- Learn about plant bird friendly plants in containers
- Learn how to attract birds with bird feeders, bird houses, and more
- Learn about Nestboxes
Arts activities help make your project fun and it helps your observations of nature become deeper and more accurate.
