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Birding and Beyond Fall 2019
Sherry Manison 7sherrym@gmail.com # 269-487-7074
Location -- Love Creek is home base, but will be doing to different locations
Thursdays 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Grades K-12 Parents are requested to accompany pre-teen children.
Birding and Beyond is a great introduction to the world of nature, as students will learn to be particularly aware of the birds around them. Students will learn to recognize birds in the wild using their common names, and develop a familiarity with habitats and bird families. They will practice tuning in to bird sounds, similar to how trackers and Native Americans have learned to understand their surroundings.
Studying one facet of nature will open doors for other areas. In the fall, one class will be devoted to learning about frogs and amphibians, and listening for them in the wild.
Birds are more active in the mornings and evenings. Therefore, we will meet from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. on eight Thursdays during the Fall semester. The amphibians class may be shifted to an evening as frogs call most often at dawn or dusk. Love Creek will be home base, and the site of our first class, but we will also go birding at different spots around the county.
Syllabus
Required Materials: This class is a beginning birding class, and open to any age. Bring your own binoculars (8x42 or 10x42 are most common), and dress for the outdoors. A field guide is handy, but not required. A $5 materials fee is requested at the first class.
*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Tom Hurst
Location -- Love Creek is home base, but will be doing to different locations
Thursdays 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Grades K-12 Parents are requested to accompany pre-teen children.
Birding and Beyond is a great introduction to the world of nature, as students will learn to be particularly aware of the birds around them. Students will learn to recognize birds in the wild using their common names, and develop a familiarity with habitats and bird families. They will practice tuning in to bird sounds, similar to how trackers and Native Americans have learned to understand their surroundings.
Studying one facet of nature will open doors for other areas. In the fall, one class will be devoted to learning about frogs and amphibians, and listening for them in the wild.
Birds are more active in the mornings and evenings. Therefore, we will meet from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. on eight Thursdays during the Fall semester. The amphibians class may be shifted to an evening as frogs call most often at dawn or dusk. Love Creek will be home base, and the site of our first class, but we will also go birding at different spots around the county.
Syllabus
Required Materials: This class is a beginning birding class, and open to any age. Bring your own binoculars (8x42 or 10x42 are most common), and dress for the outdoors. A field guide is handy, but not required. A $5 materials fee is requested at the first class.
*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Tom Hurst