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The Albatross Project

Subject Area:

Science

Address/URL:

http://www.wfu.edu/albatross/

Description:

Where do the albatross go after leaving their nesting island? They fly out over the ocean and return days, even weeks, later with a full load of food. Tracking them is not easy as they fly too fast for boats and too slow for trains. Using satellites as tracking tools, the research team behind this project along with kids who have joined this project, set up this site to share information about the mysterious patterns of the albatross.

How You Can Use This Source:

• Join the project.
• Come up with your own hypothesis to test.
• Learn how to analyze data collected by the satellite.

Go to The Albatross Project.

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