Citizen Science!

Today we worked with guests from CPAWS and Green Calgary to learn about our environment and about birds. We learned some new vocabulary. Ask me if I remember what these two new words mean: (1) Biodiversity (2) Dimorphism.  We learned that all parts of our environment or ecosystem are connected and that when one animal or plant becomes extinct it affects the whole system, including us. We learned about some of the ways that the Chiniki people think about nature and some lessons we can learn from their ways of knowing that can help us to do a better job of taking care of the earth.

Our activities today included an animal guessing game, a biodiversity quest, watching a birdwatching skit to learn about the citizen science project, a game called hatchling, fledgling, bird, and a sharing circle.



On May 4 our guests will be coming back to get us started on the Citizen Science birdwatching project. In the mean time they have left us with binoculars and some special activities to do so that we can get ready to become bird watchers and bird counters.

Our helper on Monday is: Shawn