{"id":834,"date":"2018-06-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weebly-import-post-76"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:43:24","slug":"june-18th-2018","status":"publish","type":"wingbeat","link":"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wingbeat\/june-18th-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Science for Conserving Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Science Outreach Intern Kyle Wong<\/strong><\/p><div><div class=\"wsite-multicol\"><div class=\"wsite-multicol-table-wrap\" style=\"margin:0 -15px\"> <table class=\"wsite-multicol-table\"> <tbody class=\"wsite-multicol-tbody\"> <tr class=\"wsite-multicol-tr\"> <td class=\"wsite-multicol-col\" style=\"width:25.724217844728%; padding:0 15px\"> <div><div class=\"wsite-image wsite-image-border-none\" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center\"> <a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Picture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/kyle-orig-1_1_orig.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"width:auto;max-width:100%\"\/> <\/a>  <\/div><\/div> <\/td> <td class=\"wsite-multicol-col\" style=\"width:74.275782155272%; padding:0 15px\"> <div class=\"paragraph\"><span>\u200bDuring my time interning at SFFBO so far, our Family Science Nights have rapidly become one my favorite programs! Last month, we had a blast at the Family Science Night at Forest Hill Elementary in San Jose.<br\/><br\/>We brought three interactive stations to the multi-purpose room on May 21st that challenged both the kids&#8217; and their parents&#8217; analytical and artistic skills.<br\/><br\/>\u200bAt the event one of our volunteers, former SFBBO biologist Emily Moffitt, and I facilitated the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/snowy-plover-recovery.html\">Snowy Plover<\/a><span>\u00a0activity table. First, we united the &#8230;<\/span><\/div> <\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Picture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/kyle-orig-1_1_orig.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>\u200bDuring my time interning at SFFBO so far, our Family Science Nights have rapidly become one my favorite programs! Last month, we had a blast at the Family Science Night at Forest Hill Elementary in San Jose.<br\/><br\/>We brought three interactive stations to the multi-purpose room on May 21st that challenged both the kids&#8217; and their parents&#8217; analytical and artistic skills.<br\/><br\/>\u200bAt the event one of our volunteers, former SFBBO biologist Emily Moffitt, and I facilitated the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/snowy-plover-recovery.html\">Snowy Plover<\/a><span>\u00a0activity table. First, we united the &#8230;<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n  <div class=\"paragraph\"><span>brains of parents and children in an activity where participants used real plover population data to create graphs.\u00a0After they constructed their graphs and investigated the causes of plover population decline, the kids were challenged to create posters that teach other people the Snowy Plover\u2019s plight.<\/span><br\/><br\/><span>Throughout the night, the kids consistently asked great questions and demonstrated beautiful artistic ability. One girl even spent half of the event working on her poster!\u00a0<\/span><span>Some of our other activity themes at the event included banding landbirds and observing waterbirds in the field.<\/span><\/div> <div> <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/poster-3.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/graph-2_1.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/figure>\n<\/div> <div class=\"paragraph\"><span>Seeing\u00a0<\/span><span>both kids and their parents leave the event with smiles on their faces was extremely gratifying. One of the parents repeatedly thanked us and encouraged us to come back next year.\u00a0<\/span><span>One of my favorite aspects of this program is that it is free. It also helps us to stay true to our mission to conserve birds through both science AND outreach.<\/span><br\/><br\/><span>We currently run these family events at Bay Area schools, libraries, and Boys and Girls Clubs, and most recently offered one at the Milpitas Library on June 11.<\/span><br\/><br\/><em><strong>You can contact Kyle at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:outreach_intern@sfbbo.org\">outreach_intern@sfbbo.org<\/a>\u200b. You can learn more about our Outreach program on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/environmental-education1.html\">website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><span>\u200b\u200b<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Science Outreach Intern Kyle Wong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1230,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":""},"class_list":["post-834","wingbeat","type-wingbeat","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Family Science for Conserving Birds - San Fransisco Bay Bird Observatory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wingbeat\/june-18th-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Family Science for Conserving Birds - 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