Where? Where? Wedgie!
We are back again with our citizen science project - working towards this year's giant eagle survey in May 2024, Where? Where? Wedgie! Where will we see wedge-tailed eagles in Tasmania this year? Are they increasing, or declining in number? Students and teachers - and families and communities - can get involved. Let's start learning about these winged warriors of the sky...
The best timing to run the school activities is probably 13-23 May - the 2 weeks between this year's surveys, on 10-12 & 24-26 May. By then, you'll be able to check out this year's progress on the Results Map (link below; prior to 10 May this will show the results for 2023). But you can jump into the resources on this and the NatureTrackers website any time you like!
- Discover Tasmania's eagles and other birds, and explore their habits and habitats, through 9 fun & fascinating daily videos.
- Get into the science, art and culture of eagles and other birds of prey through free online teaching resources aligned to Australian Curriculum: Science, HASS, Art and other curriculum areas. Each day, check out the video and the link to the day's materials.
- Connect students with the scientists via the webinars - get your request in soon!
- Join many other Tasmanians in signing up today - and/or inspire students' families to sign up - for the Where? Where? Wedgie! surveys on any or all of on 10-12 & 24-26 May. Your observation data (getting outside) contributes to a rigorously designed, long term, real investigation into the populations of eagles and other birds of prey in Tasmania.
- Find more inspiration and information in 29 video and photo reports from the huge, first Where? Where? Wedgie! expedition in 2018.
Get more info on all of this on the first page of the education resources (link below). Sign up to Expedition Class and/or NatureTrackers to receive further updates: be the first to check out the updated teaching resources, with extra exciting new dimensions! You might also like to let your students' families know about the project. A practice survey with your class on school grounds may inspire some students to head on out with their families over one of the survey weekends, to contribute to the science.
Where? Where? Wedgie! 2024 education resources >>
Join the Where? Where? Wedgie! scientific investigation >>
Where? Where? Wedgie! 2018 expedition >>