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Eagle Country
Determine the maximum number of bald eagles that could have lived in a certain area back in the days before people moved in, and compare that to the number there are today.
| Subject: Science; Mathematics Topics: - Biology (Wildlife) - Fractions, Decimals, Percents, Ratios Grades: 5 - 6 Knowledge and Skills: - Territory - Can perform binary operations with decimal numbers. |
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Science & Technology Movie:
Saving the Bald Eagle
Our national bird is back in the lower 48 states after nearly disappearing in the 60's and 70's. Robert Mesta, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, explains what it takes to recover a species like the bald eagle, and demonstrates how math plays a critical role in the process.
Running time 3:48 minutes.
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