Title
Protocol for Backyard Bird Research Project
Grade Level
10-12
Protocol
Birds
Abstract
This is a research project for students to complete a bird survey in their backyard. Contains resources, student data sheets, scoring rubric, student progress log, pace and space activity, and a worksheet to take students through doing a t-test on Excel.
Author
Birgit Musheno (Desert Vista High School)
AZ Standards
W-P4 Craft a cohesive research document that develops a logical argument or thesis; contains comprehensive, supporting information from a variety of credible and cited resources; and conforms to a style manual
1SC-P6 Identify and refine a researchable question, conduct the experiment, collect and analyze data, share and discuss findings
4SC-P6 Describe and explain how the environment can affect the number of species and diversity of species in an environment
2M-P1 Construct and draw inferences including measures of central tendency, from charts, tables, graphs, and data plots that summarize data from real-world situations
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Protocol and Data Sheet
Description/Introduction (Bird Research Project – One page flyer)
How to Measure a Space with your Pace
Project Requirements Checklist 04
Team Progress Report
What to do with the data?
Poster Check-In Sheet
Project Scorecard
Scoring Rubric
Bird Slideshow
