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INVESTIGATION PLAN PROJECT INQUIRY
QUESTION Will more birds be attracted to birdseed feeders in the kindergarden garden or the schoolyard garden?
HYPOTHESIS More birds will go to the more isolated location: The schoolyard garden.
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE A variety of birdseed feeders.
DEPENDENT VARIABLE Number of birds
CONFOUNDING VARIABLES Type of birdseed feeders, size of opening and placement. What plants are growing in the gardens. THINGS NEEDEDBird Feeders Seeds. Binoculars Clipboards Bird watching worksheets School Gardens Books on birds in the city Internet access Eyewitness video on birds Posters of birds and their names PROCEDURESMake birdseed feeders and hang the same number of birdfeeders in each garden. The first grade class and the first/second grade combination class will put the feeders up in the schoolyard garden. The kindergarden classes and the kindergarden/first grade combination class will put birdseed feeders in the kindergarden yard garden. The classes will observe the birds in each garden at 9:00am and record their count of each bird on their worksheets. Each day the students will keep a record of the birds they count on a class tally point graph posted for two weeks. |