Indian Lake Middle School students are tracking the arrival of spring through the migration of hummingbirds, and the small birds are getting close to this part of Ohio, their seventh-grade science teacher Jana Core reports.
Indian Lake Middle School seventh-grade science teacher Jana Core and several ILMS seventhgraders check out the hummingbird migration map at their school, tracking the upcoming arrival of the tiny birds to this area. (PHOTO | INDIAN LAKE SCHOOLS)
Core said she and her 101 year-old grandmother have enjoyed feeding and watching ruby-throated hummingbirds together for many years.
“Grandma will have so many hummingbirds in her trees because of her huge flower garden. Sometimes, they dive bomb you,” Core said.
The teacher decided to incorporate that interest into her classes nine years ago with a giant migration map. Each year about this time, Core puts up her giant map of the United States in the hallway at ILMS. She and her students then monitor learner.org/jnorth/, which tracks the birds as they make their way from South America and Mexico, then on to Texas, Florida and finally up to Ohio.
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