Hatch a Tag
by Megan McCall and George Feldman
Intro to Albatross
Questions and class discussion
Tag Design Requirements
No harm to the albatross
Needs to attach to the animal
Needs to connect with the “radio receiver”
No more than 3% weight of the albatross
FOLLOW additional guidelines on student engineering sheets
Student Group Presentations
INSERT
REAL WORLD DATA - black-footed albatross*
References
Global Fishing Watch Website: http://globalfishingwatch.org/
CARTO Map data ©2016 Google, INEGI Imagery ©2016 NASA, TerraMetrics, EEZs: marineregions.org, MPAs: mpatlas.org
Black-footed albatross information
Dr. Rachael Orben, PhD. (2018). Where do seabirds go? Tracking seabirds for conservation. MBARI EARTH. https://www.mbari.org/earth-2018-day-2/