Educators, register below to join this free online professional learning session on Thursday, 8 June, 4:00–4:45 pm.

This year the Garden Bird survey is running 24 June–2 July, learn how your class can be part of New Zealand’s longest running citizen science project.

Join the Garden Bird survey researchers from Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research – Dr Angela Brandt and Dr Gradon Diprose in a session where we will:

• Unpack how your class can participate – it’s super easy!

• Find out from the researchers why the survey is important and what happens to the data you collect.

• Get access to lots of free New Zealand based digital resources on birds, identification and more.

This session will be valuable for both primary and secondary school teachers. It can link to multiple curriculum strands and provides opportunities for meaningful literacy and numeracy learning. The survey is an example of an investigation approach and the previous years’ infographics are great for discussing communication in science.

So, give your students the opportunity to participate and contribute to the knowledge of our bird populations. Be part of making New Zealand’s birds count!

You will be sent a reminder email before the webinar.

We will be using Zoom, and you can connect to our live session using this link: https://waikato.zoom.us/j/359736528.  For more information on using Zoom, see our article Introducing our PLD.