Whooping Crane Lessons, Activities and Information Overview: Whooping Crane Reintroduction and Migration History in the Making: Fall Migrations 2001-2005 Printable Nonfiction Booklets Journey North for Kids GETTING STARTED SPRING FALL Supplemental Journey North for Kids Crane photos, booklets, videos, and stories Science Standards Correlations Selections with Reading and Writing Connections Crane Glossary Crane FAQ's and How to Use Them in Your Class Recommended Links Getting Started How to Get Started: Orientation and Key Activities Tracking Whooping Crane Migration Student Portfolios as Visual Organizers for Journey North Purchase a Tracking Map or Make Your Own Frequently Asked Questions about Cranes How to Ask the Crane Expert Background Lessons for Journey North Fall Lessons Meet the New Eastern Flock: Hatch Year 2005 Hatch Year 2006 Key Timeline Events Meet The WCEP Migration Team 2006 Bringing Back the Cranes: Photo Overview Meet the New Eastern Flock: Hatch Years 2001-2006 Comparing Migrations 2001-2006 See the Whoopers and Ultralights Help the Whoopers and Ultralights Reach Florida! Whooping Crane Kids: Learning Life's Lessons (JN for Kids) Ground School Training (JN for Kids) Keeping Crane Chicks Healthy (JN for Kids) Who's in Charge? (JN for Kids) Meet Robo-Crane! Swamp Monster Helps With Training An Inside Story: Inside the Egg Where's My Mommy? Imprinting Protocol for Operation Migration Me First: Whooping Crane Pecking Order Pecking Order Simulation Game In the Cockpit: Come In, Alpha-Kilo-Quebec Who's Flying These Ultralights? (Photo Quiz) Why Captive Breeding? Report Cards for Cranes in Training Flight Days: Everyone Has a Job What Makes a Good Stopover Site? Flight Formation: the V's Have It GPS: Where in the World? Banding and Capture Myopathy, by Joe Duff Migration Can Be Fun, BUT. . ., by Joe Duff How Does the Trike Help the Cranes in Flight? Ultralight Pilot's Checklist: Weather or Not? Why Such Short Daily Flights? What is Roosting? Splish, Splash! A Crane in the Bath (video and viewing guide) Eastern Flock: What is a "Nonessential Experimental Population (NEP)?" Choosing a Home for the New Eastern Flock The challenges of Whooping Crane Survival: Learning from Life Histories How Many? Summary of Statistics on the Eastern Flock Spring Lessons Tracking Two Flocks: Eastern Flock and Western Flock Overview: Whooping Crane Reintroduction and Migration Meet the Eastern Flock: Hatch Years 2001-2005 2005: 4 Chicks Released to Follow Older Whooping Cranes Radio Telemetry: Tracking the Cranes How to Map Satellite Telemetry Data Latitude, Longitude and Distance Traveled Signals from the Sky: About Those PTTs How Birds Fly: A Journey North In-Depth Lesson Up Up and Away: Thermals and Updrafts Who Are the Whoopers? Try Counting Them Were They Whoopers? You Be the Judge! Crane ID: Will You Know a Whooper? A Day in the Life of a Migrating Wild Whooper: How Far? How Fast? How High? Dominant or Submissive? Leader or Follower? Making Predictions: Baby Boom Coming? Migration Dangers Crane Capture! Whooping Crane Chicks: Preparing for an Amazing Journey! Population Dynamics: Challenges of Rebuilding an Endangered Species The challenges of Whooping Crane Survival: Learning from Life Histories How Many? Summary of Statistics on the Eastern Flock Analyzing the Whooping Crane Population Data A Tale of Two Cranes: How Do Wild and Captive-raised Whoopers Compare? Discovery of the Canadian Nesting Grounds Canadian Nesting Grounds Map/Activities Where Can You See Whoopers? Dance Like the Cranes! Feeling Blue and Crabby: Whooping Crane Winter Diet The Crab Connection: Crabs in Trouble Equals Cranes in Trouble   Supplemental Crane Materials Protection/Conservation Whooping Crane Total Population (ALL flocks) Towering Troubles: Bird Collisions With Communications Towers Stamp Story: Whooper Stamp Carries Conservation Message Fresh Water for ALL Texans: Enough for Both Humans and Wildlife? (Water Rights) Relationship between inflows, crabs, salinities and whooping cranes (Water Rights) How Can You Be a Water Saver? Take the Ecological Footprint Quiz (Measure YOUR impact on Earth's resources!) Migrating Eastern Flock Whooper Found Dead: Press Release, Nov. 22, 2004 Whooping Crane Shot: Press Release, Nov. 2003 General Biology Craning to Fit In: Adaptations that Help Cranes Survive Crane ID: Will You Know a Whooper? Watching Walking Whoopers (JN for Kids) Dr. George Archibald: Dancing With the Cranes Mates for Life? Eastern Flock Family Tree: A Question About Siblings Kirke's Science Project: Measuring Stress in Cranes Artistic Expression Make an Origami Folded Whooping Crane Anatomy Study: Draw a Life-size Whooping Crane Whooping Cranes' Journey (Poem, Eastern Flock) A Migration Poem by Owen Neill My Great Story: Whooping Cranes, Year 2200 (Poem, Eastern Flock) Reintroduction/Crane History The Whooping Crane (Facts: International Crane Foundation) Whooping Cranes: The Road to Survival (Facts: U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service) Whooping Crane Background Facts Bringing Back the Cranes: Comparing Ranges and Exploring Reintroduction An Aircraft-Led Migration: Dress Rehearsal For Reintroduction Who's Calling? Using Voiceprints to Identify Individual Cranes Operation Migration Puts Crane Call Recordings to Work Sandhills Return: Migration Experiment a Success! Tales Told by Crane Voices (2000-01 Crane Voice Research) Crack the Code: Banded Cranes Tell Individual Life Stories Eastern Flock Family Tree: A Question About Siblings First Hatchlings for Florida's Non-migratory Flock First Wild Hatchlings for the New Eastern Flock! (coming)