Education
A La Junta science fair turned 30. Meet the student scientists.
Despite mounting obstacles, the fair took place for the 30th year last week in La Junta.
Feed the Birds/Señor Tapir Says Adios
Elinor models the foundational practices of science inquiry and engineering design -- including her amazing powers of observation and willingness to ask questions and investigate. When she encounters something she doesn’t understand, like why birds have feathers or how tiny ants build massive anthills, she just can’t let it go until she figures it out.
Feed the Birds/Señor Tapir Says Adios
Season 1 Episode 10 | 24m 56s | CC
Elinor is friends with a chickadee bird she names Chicky, but starts to worry about how Chicky will find food in the winter. She and her friends then observe that birds all have a unique way of finding food during the winter months, called foraging. /Elinor and her friends are sad to learn that Señor Tapir is leaving Animal Town for the winter. They decide to give him a special going away present.
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