Lansing, MI -(AmmoLand.com)- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is offering a fun way for teachers to integrate Michigan’s migratory birds into their science and social studies classes with a free new curriculum.
The year 2016 marks the centennial of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain (for Canada) for the Protection of Migratory Birds (also called the Migratory Bird Treaty), signed Aug. 16, 1916.
Three other treaties were signed shortly thereafter with Japan, Russia and Mexico. The Migratory Bird Treaty, the three other treaties signed later, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act form the cornerstones of efforts to conserve birds that migrate across international borders.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Centennial curriculum will take students in 4th-8th grades through the history of bird conservation and will introduce them to important environmental legislation and the concept of treaties signed between cooperating countries.
Students also will learn about the biology and natural history of 14 different Michigan birds, along with their fascinating conservation stories. Toward the end of the curriculum, students will apply their new knowledge in an energetic classroom discussion and finish with a culminating research project.
Michigan 4th- through 8th-grade teachers interested in receiving the curriculum should register by April 1 at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/migratorybird.
About the Michigan Department of Natural Resources:
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s natural and cultural resources for current and future generations.
For more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.