Charles Street School Bald Eagle Project

We are watching on our classroom computer monitor, live-camera action of a pair of bald eagles, nesting 90 ft. high in a pine tree, in the Norfolk Botanical Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia.  The eagles have been nesting at the Gardens since 2004.  Fifteen eaglets have successfully fledged since that time.

The Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary provides raptor expertise for the Eagle Cam.  Our children have the opportunity each day to type questions to them. The moderators with the Eagle Cam have always answered back.

Every day, the children take turns observing the eagles and writing in our “Eagle Journal”, making a graph of food brought to the nest, or typing information for our bulletin board.

We have watched the pair prepare the nest, have seen the female lay three eggs, and have just recently seen all three eaglets hatch.  Now the real fun begins, as the parents care for the three!

We had a contest to guess when the first egg would be laid.  The prize was a Cadbury egg.  Last week we had another contest to guess when the first eaglet would hatch.  Silly putty in an egg was the prize.  Every day, friends pop-in to our classroom to see what is happening in the nest.  Most of all, we have enjoyed watching these magnificent birds and learning about them together!

Mrs. Lucas’ 2^nd grade
Charles Street School

Please click on the thumbnails below to see pictures of the project.

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