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'Community science helps us unlock some pretty quirky aspects of the natural
world, and those discoveries often come from unlikely places.
Take year 3 student Emma Glenfield, who started with a simple question about
magpies and wound up conducting some cutting-edge research almost by accident.
Emma keeps a journal filled with questions – she doesn't always answer them
all, it's more of an exercise in thinking about the world.
One day while she was watching her school's resident magpie Mr Swoopsalot
terrorising students, teachers and parents alike, a question struck her: "Why
do magpies swoop?"
"He's been coming to school for a long time and he's been swooping all the
dads," Emma said.
"I noticed that and I wondered why. Who do they swoop, where do they target?"
Emma's teacher, Luke Carr, thought those questions would make an excellent
maths project.
So, armed with her questions Emma went into the field.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
