Journey to Save a Crane


Using the Journey to Save a Crane Video


Introduce the activity to your students by showing the Journey to Save a Crane video. Afterward, take the opportunity to discuss the students' reactions to the events at the International Crane Foundation and complete the hands-on activity, Wetland Model. The concept of human interaction with the environment is reinforced in the video and in the activity. Allow the students to make their own connections as much as possible. Repeated viewings of the video, or selected portions of the video, are recommended.


The video length is 28:08.


Scenes include:
00:00 opening scene/introduction: Journey to Save a Crane
01:25 credits for The New Explorers
02:24 Bill Kurtis states the problem
03:65 International Crane Foundation: Dr. George Archibald
07:94 Siberian Crane Migration route
09:40 Russian crane finding
14:84 banding birds and attaching radio transmitters
18:32 results of experiment



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