BirdLab: bird watching 2.0

http://www.vigienature.fr/vigie-manip/birdlab

• Categories: Biodiversity
• Summary of the action:
  BirdLab is a participatory science game. After installing 2 identical feeders, students are encouraged to watch the birds and make their own observations. It’s fun and allows them to validate scientific hypotheses.
• The objectives :
• - Understanding birds better- Helping researchers
• Setting-up details :
• First year students have learned how to use the app BirdLab with their biology teacher.
  In the schoolyard, 2 feeders have been installed following the protocol indicated in the application.
  High school students practice recognizing the 26 most common bird species on the smartphone app.
• Practical tips :
  

  You can convince your biology teacher to set up the activity.
  You can also ask the administration to place 2 feeders in your yard and then communicate about it to get the students involved.
  To go further, you can make a nesting box and place it in a different place in the courtyard. See the article on this subject.

• Attach a file: http://www.vigienature.fr/vigie-manip/birdlab
  
• Degree of difficulty of the action from 1 (very difficult) to 5 (very easy): 1