Parkdale Students Build, Monitor Bluebird Houses for Service Project
The students' tasks included proposal writing, birdhouse construction and installation, and data collection.
Students at Parkdale High School hope to attract bluebirds to school grounds while also developing their academic, social and technological skills. Twelve ninth-graders each constructed and installed their own birdhouses around Parkdale High School, and are currently monitoring their activity and gathering information to log into a national database. Pre-International Baccalaureate ninth-graders are conducting the service project as part of the STEAM Team, which stands for science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics—several of the skill areas tapped for the project. Their tasks included proposal writing, constructing and decorating the birdhouses, and recording information for the Cornell Lab of Omithology NestWatch. Students …
