Received this link via email today. This site features a live video feed that invades (nicely) a Bald Eagle’s nest, available for watching 24 hours a day (although nighttime is kind of dark!).

What a way to connect classrooms with the natural world. Students could spend a few minutes watching the feed, maybe capturing stills and video, use it to generate further questions (what is mommy Eagle feeding the chicks?), and then proceed to find the answers, creating more questions along the way.

While this feed is provided and supported by a private company, National Geographic provides live feeds for both a watering hole in southern Africa and Polar Bears in northern Canada.

While it will never be possible for each student to visit all these places, increased connectivity will allow each of them to access the sights and sounds of real natural spaces.

Enjoy!

tags: technology, education, whipple, national geographic