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From: "Sue_Thomas at fws.gov" <Sue_Thomas at fws.gov>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:09:21 -0700
Subject: Fw: Shorebird education/outreach: Migration Science and Mystery:
Live from Mexico


FYI... A new Shorebird education/outreach opportunity in the Pacific Flyway
for students in grades 5-8.

Apologies for any cross postings.

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Greetings:

Millions of shorebirds are beginning their migration to the Arctic Slope
and stopping over at the Bay of Santa Maria in Mexico. You and your class
can stop with them on Thursday, March 22 for a FREE, LIVE, INTERACTIVE
electronic field trip. This virtual field trip is being delivered by
webcast on the Internet and by satellite, so you have two options to
receive the program. Wildlife biologists will be standing by to talk about
migration and answer questions from your class. The e-mail address to send
questions is pwninfo at aol.com, and you may forward your questions now or the
day of the program. The program is geared for students in grades 5 to 8,
and instructional resources are available on the web site at
http://migration.pwnet.org.

ENGLISH WEBCAST/BROADCAST (see below for viewing options)

The 30-minute live, electronic field trip will be available (IN ENGLISH
ONLY) at the following times:
1 ? 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Noon ? 12:30 p.m. Central Time
11 ? 11:30 a.m. Mountain Time
10 -10:30 a.m. Pacific Time
9 ? 9:30 a.m. Alaska Time

SPANISH WEBCAST/BROADCAST
Following the English program, two programs will be available IN SPANISH
ONLY. First, there will be a 30-minute program about the Mexican state of
Sinaloa where the Bay of Santa Maria is located on the Pacific Ocean.
Sinaloa is one Mexico?s main agricultural producers, and it contains
immense biodiversity. This program will be available IN SPANISH ONLY as a
webcast and broadcast at the following times:
1:30 ? 2 p.m. Eastern Time
12:30 - 1 p.m. Central Time
11:30 - Noon Mountain Time
10:30 ? 11 a.m. Pacific Time
9:30 ? 10 a.m. Alaska Time

The live, electronic field trip IN SPANISH ONLY will be available as a
webcast and broadcast at the following times:

2 ? 3 p.m. Eastern Time
1 - 2 p.m. Central Time
Noon - 1 p.m. Mountain Time
11 a.m. ? Noon Pacific Time
10 ? 11 a.m. Alaska Time

RECEIVING THE PROGRAM

? Webcast. The live, electronic field trip will be
available at http://migration.pwnet.org/resource/webcasts_broadcasts.php on
Thursday, March 22. A link to test whether you will be able to view the
webcast is available on that same web page:
http://migration.pwnet.org/resource/webcasts_broadcasts.php.
? Satellite broadcast. The satellite coordinates are:
C-Band Satellite: Galaxy 13
127? West
Channel 14
Downlink Frequency 3980 Horizontal

WEB SITE

Make sure you check out the free lesson plans and information on the web
site at http://migration.pwnet.org.

? Information about the Bay of Santa Maria is available at
http://migration.pwnet.org/stopovers/santa_maria.php (and in Spanish at
? Classroom-tested lesson plans developed by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service for their Shorebirds Sister Schools Program may be
found at http://migration.pwnet.org/resource/archives.php.
? For information about how these lesson plans correlate to
National Science Standards, visit http://migration.pwnet.org/standards.php
and http://migration.pwnet.org/pdf/National_Standards.pdf.

Questions? Contact Kristy Liercke at (800) 609-2680 or by e-mail at
lierckkx at pwcs.edu. Remember: you may send in your questions to be answered
during the live program to pwninfo at aol.com.

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