{"id":2908,"date":"2017-03-06T13:07:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/?p=2908"},"modified":"2017-03-06T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T20:22:22","slug":"discover-birds-en-espanol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/06\/discover-birds-en-espanol\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Birds En Espa\u00f1ol"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NIMBioS Deputy Director Chris Welsh at a Discover Birds visit to Sevierville Primary second graders in 2013. Photo Credit: discoverbirds.blogspot.com<\/p><\/div>\n

The popular Discover Birds Activity Book for kids in which NIMBioS contributed some math content has now been translated into Spanish and has even reached Cuban shores.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In the book, Campeones de Aves<\/a>, “Bird Champions,” is a simple math puzzle where kids solve arithmetic to break a code to learn about the fastest, smallest, largest, and tallest North American birds as well as the migrant with the greatest annual mileage in the world. In Cambiando Poblaciones<\/a>, “Changing Populations,”\u00a0children use real bird breeding data\u00a0to\u00a0explore how populations of Eastern Bluebird, Northern Bobwhite, and Wild Turkey have changed in Tennessee over time. NIMBioS’ contributions to the book, including answer keys, are available for download in both Spanish and English on our website at https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/education\/discoverbirds<\/a><\/p>\n

The book was a true\u00a0NIMBioS team effort. Deputy Director Chris Welsh and Education & Outreach Coordinator Kelly Sturner\u00a0designed and wrote the activities. Business Manager Toby Koosman helped edit and revise the Spanish language translation for the\u00a0science-related content throughout the book.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by the\u00a0Tennessee Ornithological Society\u00a0and written and illustrated by\u00a0Vickie Henderson, the thirty-six page book<\/a>, expanded and updated in 2013, includes lively illustrations and focuses on fun facts about birds, from what makes a bird a bird to how ornithologists study bird populations.\u00a0The book is targeted at the third grade level and is appropriate for first to sixth graders.<\/p>\n

The printing of the Spanish translation <\/a>was made possible through a donation from the tour outfit Naturalist Journeys. Henderson took the Spanish translation of the activity books\u00a0to share with school children in Cuba<\/a> earlier this year. The English version of the book was first taken to Cuba in 2014. Naturalist Journeys will be taking the books to other Spanish speaking countries throughout 2017.<\/p>\n

The book has been used widely in East Tennessee classrooms through the Discover Birds Program with the Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society.\u00a0A free copy of the book is available for download at the\u00a0Discover Birds Program<\/a>\u00a0web page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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