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Classroom Activities
We have designed a set of classroom activities specifically for the Three White Cranes project. Click on the links below to view and download these activities.
If you are also studying Whooping Cranes in your classroom, we have developed a student worksheet to help you compare the Whooping and Siberian Crane (click on the image to the left to download the worksheet). Discuss the similarities and differences in the species’ range, habitats, and threats, and why researchers are studying both populations. Your students can use the online Whooping Crane and Siberian Crane fact sheets to complete the worksheet.
- Updates from the Field (Spring 2008)
The six-unit series focuses on the regions where our project sites are located in east Asia. Each unit includes background information on the geography, people and conservation issues along the flyway. The units begin in southeastern China and follow the east Asia flyway north through China and Russia. A fact sheet and PowerPoint presentation will be developed for each unit to help you bring the stories of these regions into your classroom. Click on the links below to download the classroom materials.
Unit
Conservation Issues Highlighted
Jiangxi Province (Poyang Lake Nature Reserve)Jiangxi Province Fact Sheet.pdf
Jiangxi Province Presentation.ptt (823 KB)
(save the presentation file to your computer before opening it in Microsoft PowerPoint)
Additional Resources:
Poyang Lake Update from the Field (fall 07)
Read about Poyang Lake on our
Three White Cranes Blog
Impact of watershed development on wetlands
Tianjin (Bohai Sea)
Tianjin Fact Sheet.pdf
Tianjin Presentation.ptt (1.2 MB)
(save the presentation file to your computer before opening it in Microsoft PowerPoint)Additional Resources:
Bohai Bay Update from the Field (fall 07)
Read about Tianjin on our
Three White Cranes Blog
Effects of urban development on crane habitats
Inner Mongolia/Jilin Province (Keerqin and Xianghai Nature Reserves)
Effects of rural development on remaining crane habitats (over grazing, erosion, water use)
Heilongjiang Province (Zhalong Nature Reserve)
Managing water resources for people and wildlife
Amur Region (Muraviovka Park)
Involving local communities in conservation
Yakutia (Siberian Crane breeding areas)
Climate change
These weekly field updates from our researchers in Russia, China and the United States follow the yearly cycle of the Siberian Crane, beginning on the population's breeding grounds in northeastern Russia and following their migration route south through eastern China. Through these updates, students will learn first hand about field research and explore why this research is important for conserving cranes and many other wildlife species in east Asia. With each field update, a short activity or questions are suggested to lead student discussion of the update topic. The student activities focus on the geography of east Asia, crane biology, Siberian Crane conservation, study research methods, and the people of east Asia.
Click here to view the field updates.