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A Study of South Carolina Birds in Meadowfield Elementary's
Schoolyard
Lead Teachers: Sally Short, Marian Davis
Science Consultant: Tawnya Cary, Public Health lab technician
Inquiry Question: Can we increase inquiry
skills by attracting various bird species to an already established
schoolyard habitat?
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Bird
Count Study - Students' Data Sheet
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| Meadowfield Elementary 3rd graders
looking up local birds in their resource field guide. |
Kim Schneider, USC Biologist, talking with a few
3rd graders about what birds they saw outside. |
Shela Mohivddin, student teacher,
and Tawnya Cary, USC Biologist, organizing Sally Short's 3rd
grade class for bird watching. |
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Lia, Wren and Korey spy a Northern
Cardinal in the tree. |
Paige refills the bird feeder. |
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| Meadowfield 3rd graders busy
identifying the birds in their habitat. |
Parker spies a bird on top of the school. |
Mrs. Short finds a bird hanging
out in the Meadowfield habitat. |
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| Meadowfield 3rd graders looking for birds. |
Meadowfield 3rd graders find
a cardinal in a tree. |
Mrs. Short shows the class a recently abandoned
Brown Thrasher's nest. |
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| Eliza and Paige work to refill
the bird feeder to attract birds. |
Meadowfield Elementary's habitat contains trees,
flowers and water. |
The students notice that the
abandoned Brown Thrasher's nest is built with twine, string
and paper as well as straw and grasses. |
a Brown Thrasher |
a South Carolina Wren |
a female Northern Cardinal |
a male Northern Cardinal |
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