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Established in 1968 – A Chapter of the National Audubon Society since 1970

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Audubon Adventures Classroom Curriculum

Explore the Natural World With Your Class: Audubon Adventures Classroom Kits

CLICK HERE FOR 2014/2015 Digital Program for only $16 per Classroom

(Digital Program is FREE for one educator per school in the DOAS Operating Region (Delaware, Otsego, Western Schoharie, Eastern Chenango Counties) while funding allows.  Educators interested in receiving the Audubon Adventures materials should contact Susan O’Handley, Education Chair at 607-643-5680 or by email at sjohandley@gmail.com).

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Now you can bring the natural world into your classroom and connect kids to the environment. Designed for teachers and students in grades 3 – 5, Audubon Adventures offers top quality nonfiction material from the environmental experts at the National Audubon Society.

With captivating hands-on activities, students learn that we all have a personal stake in the health of the environment and play an important role in its preservation and improvement.
Student Magazine—You will receive 4 separate magazine sets (32 of each). Each set has vibrant photos and lively illustrations that bring the natural world to life right in your classroom.Classroom kits can be used across the curriculum and offers correlations to Common Core Standards and National Science Education Standards PLUS student assessment material.

Educator Resource Materials to help you easily navigate your way through each topic and present the material to students in an appealing way. You will receive 4 stand-alone Educator’s Guides, one for each magazine.

Each includes:

  • Step-by-step teaching plan for the topic
  • Instructions for hands-on activities with easy-to-remove reproducible pages
  • Background facts and information
  • Student assessment pages
  • Plus – each manual contains glossary words, recommended resources, and assessment materials.

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Why Birds Matter...

Birds are important because of the role they play in the natural world as pollinators and seed disbursers, assisting with the balance of nature by eating insects. They also clean up things that would go unattended otherwise. Birds are important TO ME because of the kinship that I feel with another living species, and the joy that they bring to me year around. Encountering spring migrants feels brand new every time! I feel responsibility for their well-being and take care not to disturb their nesting with unnecessary sounds, disturbance or habitat destruction. I respect the incredible work they do to bring about future generations.
Becky Gretton
Becky GrettonDOAS Co-President
Birds have always been an early warning system for our environment–the “canary in the coal mine.” It was the decline in bird species high on the food chain that tipped us off to the dangers of DDT and other chemicals. More recently, high altitude and high latitude birds are demonstrating the first definitive effects of global change. If science had been more advanced in the 1800s, the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon could have served as a warning about habitat destruction. This not just about protecting the birds–although that is a worthy goal–but all of these threats will ultimately reach the human race.
Andy Mason
Andy MasonDOAS Co-President
In addition to being indicators for environmental health, birds matter because they allow people all over the world to enjoy and appreciate nature. Caring about birds often leads to caring about their habitats and creates a stewardship ethic to protect our natural resources. Birds connect communities.
Susan O'Handley
Susan O'HandleyDOAS Co-President
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We envision a healthy world where people and wildlife thrive and natural resources are protected.
The mission of Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society is to protect our natural environment and connect people with nature
 to benefit birds and other wildlife through conservation, education, research and advocacy.
 

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P.O. Box 544
Oneonta, NY 13820
(607) 397-3815
info@doas.us

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