Help me give my students monocular telescopes, reference guides, and clipboards for shorebird field surveys.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Fong's classroom raised $796
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
This year I am teaching Biology and Environmental Science. My students care about the environment, gardens, and campus beautification.
My students need monocular telescopes, animal and plant field guides, and clipboards for surveys, and citizen science.
My students are learning about the threatened and protected Western Snowy Plover bird. Snowy Plovers have many breeding sites on the California coastline. Protecting the Snowy Plover is crucial because they act as an indicator species for the health of coastal ecosystems, are vulnerable to human disturbances on the beach, and their declining population reflects the negative impacts on their sandy shoreline habitat.
Students are always asked, what can they do to help the environment? The answer is they can help by being a citizen scientist.
My students learn through experiential learning that is grounded in real world, local, phenomena that is immediately tangible to them, like the threatened Snowy Plover. At our local beach, my students will take on the role of field biologists during our kelp wrack survey to study the diet and food web of shorebirds. We will visit a nesting site and use eBird and iNaturalist to participate in citizen science as we observe the birds with the monocular telescopes, take photos, reference our field guides to make positive identifications of all our sightings, just like scientists would. The students will see a variety of bird species they will need to identify. eBird is a public database that provides scientists with real-time data on bird distribution and abundance which can then be used to increase outreach, write proposals, and facilitate decision-making.
This hands-on activity will connect my students with other citizen scientists in their community and their uploaded sightings will make a direct impact on the Snowy Plover population. Scientists around the world will see their data.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Monocular Telescope, 10x42 Monoculars for Adults, Usogood Compact Portable Waterproof Monocular with Hand Strap, Lightweight Handheld Pocket Telescope for Bird Watching
• Amazon Business
$34.99
10
$349.90
Shorebirds of North America: A Comprehensive Guide to All Species
• Amazon Business
$8.95
10
$89.50
Hongri A5 Clipboard with Storage, 6 x 9'' Nursing Clipboards Foldable Storage, Plastic Clipboards Foldable, Office Supplies, School Supplies, Menu clipboards for Work, Yellow Clip Board Box.
• Amazon Business
$7.50
10
$75.00
Warblers of North America: A Comprehensive Guide to All Species
• Amazon Business
$8.95
1
$8.95
Birds of Southern California: A Guide to Common & Notable Species (Quick Reference Guides)
• Amazon Business
$8.95
1
$8.95
Mammals of Southern California: Tracks, Scats and Signs A Guide to Identification in the Wild
• Amazon Business
$8.95
1
$8.95
Waterfowl of North America: A Comprehensive Guide to All Species
• Amazon Business
$8.95
1
$8.95
California Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species (Wildlife and Nature Identification)
• Amazon Business
$8.95
1
$8.95
Wildflowers of Southern California: A Guide to Common Native Species (Quick Reference Guides)
• Amazon Business
$8.95
1
$8.95
Butterflies of Southern California: A Guide to Common & Notable Species (Quick Reference Guides)
• Amazon Business
$7.95
1
$7.95
Snakes of Southern California: A Guide to Common & Notable Species (Quick Reference Guides)
• Amazon Business
$7.95
1
$7.95
Materials cost
$584.00
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$53.44
3rd party payment processing fee
$8.76
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$676.20
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$119.33
Total project goal
$795.53
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$795.53
1 Donor
-$338.10
Donations toward project cost
-$338.10
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$0.00
match offer
-$397.76
Match offer toward project cost
-$338.10
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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