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FLY AWAY HOME
SUBJECTS --- Science; the Environment; World/Canada;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING --- Parenting; Teamwork; Caring for
         Animals;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS --- Responsibility; Caring.

Age: 10+; MPAA Rating: PG for an opening accident scene and some mild language; Drama; 1996; 107 minutes; Color.

Fly Away Home 
Fly Away Home is a fictionalized account of the discovery that ultralight aircraft can be used to reintroduce migratory patterns in species of birds whose populations have lost the ability to migrate.

This movie is an excellent springboard for a discussion of migration and its inverse, dormancy. It serves to motivate students in TWM's Lesson Plan on Migration, Nomadism and Dormancy. Fly Away Home also provides a basis to discuss one of the most innovative and inspiring efforts of mankind to undo the damage that we have caused to the environment.


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Fly Away Home demonstrates the process called "imprinting" and how it can be used to re-establish lost migration routes for geese and other birds.

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LESSON PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS

    1.   Introduction to the Lesson Plan
    2.   Teacher's Annotated Version of student handout: NOTES ON THE AMAZING VARIETY OF MIGRATORY, NOMADIC, AND DORMANT BEHAVIOR IN LIVING ORGANISMS

      INTRODUCTION
    • Introduction (to Student Handout)
    • Biome Migration: Seeking Evolutionary Advantage Through More Food and Enhanced Reproduction


      • BIOME MIGRATION AMONG BIRDS
    • The Basics of Bird Biome Migration
    • Flyways and Funnels
    • Bird Navigation
    • Model for the Evolution of a Migratory Flock
    • Reintroducing Migratory Behavior in the Eastern U.S. Whooping Crane Flock


      • EXAMPLES OF BIOME MIGRATION IN ANIMALS OTHER THAN BIRDS
    • Invertebrates
    • Mammals
    • Fish
    • Insects
    • Reptiles


      • NOMADISM - FOLLOWING FOOD AND WATER
    • Human and Some Other Animal Kingdom Nomads
    • It's Not Classic Migration and It's Not Classic Nomadism -- What Is It?


      • DORMANCY: ADAPTATION WITHOUT MOVEMENT
    • Definition
    • Hibernation
    • Torpor
    • Estivation
    • Diapause
    • Dormancy's Important Impact on Human Beings


      • MIGRATION, NOMADISM, DORMANCY, AND THE ABSENCE OF THESE ADAPTIVE RESPONSES COMPARED
    • Stress and Opportunity in Evolutionary Responses


      • NOTES ON THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE
    • Scientific Classifications Are An Attempt to Describe Phenomena in Meaningful Ways
    • Scientific Terms and Other Words Used in this Handout

    3.   An Example of Government in Action: How the
          Environmental Impact Statement Process Works
    4.   Lecture Notes -- Discussion Questions
    5.   Links to the Internet
    6.   Other Lesson Plans
    7.   Projects
    8.   Curriculum Standards for the 11 Most Populous States
    9.   Two Comprehension Tests
      a.   Test on Biome Migration Among Birds
      b.   Test on Biome Migration Among Animals Other
            Than Birds, on Nomadism, and on Dormancy
    10.   Vocabulary Exercises.


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