Creative STEM Resources using Shorebirds to Educate Mid-Primary Students about Ecosystems
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A Shorebird Flying Adventure
Join Milly on her microlight adventure and discover how amazing and awesome migratory shorebirds are!
CSIRO Publishing
Release Date June 2022
Engage students with fun science stories
Build a generation of optimistic & informed problem solvers
Includes FREE teaching resources that meet Australian Curriculum objectives
Hello. I'm Amellia Formby, illustrator & co-author of A Shorebird Flying Adventure.
I'm also a zoologist, pilot & adventurer!
I love birds – especially migratory shorebirds, which are the most endangered birds in the world. Their lives are so awe inspiring and amazing and I wanted to tell everyone why shorebirds are totally awesome so they would be inspired to protect them too. But how to get everyone’s attention?
While searching for answers, I came up with a plan – to follow our shorebirds on migration from Australia to Siberia. So I learned to fly a microlight!
Hello. I'm Amellia Formby, illustrator & co-author of A Shorebird Flying Adventure. I'm also a zoologist, pilot & adventurer!
I love birds – especially migratory shorebirds, which are the most endangered birds in the world. Their lives are so awe inspiring and amazing and I wanted to tell everyone why shorebirds are totally awesome so they would be inspired to protect them too. But how to get everyone’s attention?
While searching for answers, I came up with a plan – to follow our shorebirds on migration from Australia to Siberia. So I learned to fly a microlight!
My first step to realising this big dream is to fly around Australia in 2022.
Teachers and students, I invite you to join me on my own shorebird flying adventure!
A Shorebird Flying Adventure and the accompanying eLearning resources will put you in the pilot seat and provide you with everything you need to confidently guide your students in an engaging and challenging exploration of how our planet and its habitats are all inter-connected through the exciting journeys of migratory shorebirds.
Does your head spin at the thought of searching out creative STEM resources for your classroom?
Wing Threads and A Shorebird Flying Adventure children's book provide everything you need to meet all your educational objectives!
STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics
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A Shorebird Flying Adventure e-Learning Pack
Save time with ready-to-go lesson plans based on the children's book, A Shorebird Flying Adventure including:
• Interactive videos
• PowerPoint presentations with presenter notes
• Downloadable teacher notes and illustrated classroom activities specific to each lesson
• Membership to a private Facebook group where educators using A Shorebird Flying Adventure in the classroom can connect
FREE Downloadable Teacher Notes
Developed with CSIRO Publishing, including discussion questions and links to external resources.
Live Shorebird Tracking Reports
Captivate your classroom with real-time updates of shorebirds on migration from Australian Researchers.
Learn Shorebird ID with 'Meet The Shorebirds' Cartoons
Discover all the migratory shorebird species that visit Australia during their non-breeding season with funny shorebird cartoons.
Coming Soon
A Shorebird Flying Adventure e-Learning Pack
Save time with ready-to-go lesson plans based on the children's book, A Shorebird Flying Adventure including:
• Interactive videos
• PowerPoint presentations with presenter notes
• Downloadable teacher notes and illustrated classroom activities specific to each lesson
• Membership to a private Facebook group where educators using A Shorebird Flying Adventure in the classroom can connect
FREE Downloadable Teacher Notes
Developed with CSIRO Publishing, including discussion questions and links to external resources.
Live Shorebird Tracking Reports
Captivate your classroom with real-time updates of shorebirds on migration from Australian Researchers.
Learn Shorebird ID with 'Meet The Shorebirds' Cartoons
Discover all the migratory shorebird species that visit Australia during their non-breeding season with funny shorebird cartoons.
Here's How It Works:
1. Buy the Book $24.99
Release Date June 2022
CSIRO Publishing
2. Get Ready for Adventure!
Follow Milly as Wing Threads comes to life when she flies her microlight around Australia in 2022!
3. Empower Students to Become Agents of Change
Bring Wing Threads into your classroom together with eLearning resources written for the Australian Curriculum.
Applications close April 14th 2022
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FAQs
When the shorebirds migrate, they fly from Australia to Siberia in the northern hemisphere. I will be flying around the coast of Australia, taking-off from Broome in May 2022. The distance around Australia is similar to what the shorebirds fly from Australia to the Arctic and back (~20,000kms).
It is my dream to one day follow the shorebirds on migration all the way from Australia to the Arctic!
I have planned 90 stops along the way to maximise the number of schools and libraries I will be able to visit to share A Shorebird Flying Adventure. However, some of the planned stopovers are in remote areas and will just be a place to rest and refuel like the shorebirds do on migration.
Download the project information PDF for more details, including a full list of stopovers.
There will be an application process following the crowdfunding campaign, which will run from 7th February – 4th March, 2022.
Download the Project Info PDF to be notified of when applications open.
No, I will just be flying around the coast of mainland Australia.
Sponsors
Project Partners
Qualifications
Migratory Shorebird Project Officer
BirdLife Australia
RAAus Recreational Pilot Certificate
GA Recreational Pilot License
Passenger & cross-country endorsements
Controlled airspace & aerodrome endorsements
Master of Science | Zoology
Bachelor of Science | Zoology
The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Visual Arts
Monash University
Awards
PanAir RPL/PPL Flight Training Scholarship 2019
Women in Aviation International
Amelia Earhart Fly Now Scholarship 2016
The Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots
Don't leave your students anxious about the world they stand to inherit.
Our children are the future caretakers of the earth and ‘doom and gloom’ stories about the environment can leave them feeling helpless to act.
Bring the Wing Threads adventure into your classroom and inspire a new generation of resilient and curious young leaders to find creative solutions for environmental challenges!
Don't leave your students anxious about the world they stand to inherit.
Our children are the future caretakers of the earth and ‘doom and gloom’ stories about the environment can leave them feeling helpless to act.
Bring the Wing Threads adventure into your classroom and inspire a new generation of resilient and curious young leaders to find creative solutions for environmental challenges!
Don't leave your students anxious about the world they stand to inherit.
Our children are the future caretakers of the earth and ‘doom and gloom’ stories about the environment can leave them feeling helpless to act.
Bring the Wing Threads adventure into your classroom and inspire a new generation of resilient and curious young leaders to find creative solutions for environmental challenges!
