Return of the Condor
Data Story
Develop a story of changes in the California Condor population between 2003-2016.
Welcome to this Tuva data story! Imagine a bird with a 9-foot wingspan, and weighing up to 25 lbs! That is the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) -- the largest land bird in North America. These majestic creatures once ranged from California to Florida and Western Canada to Northern Mexico. But by the 1960s, condor populations had dropped dramatically, and by 1967 the California condor was listed as "endangered" by the federal government. In 1982, only 23 condors survived world-wide. A team of biologists captured and placed all of the remaining wild condors into a captive breeding program. Thus began an intensive recovery program to save the California condor from extinction. They began reintroducing captive birds back into the wild in 1992. In this data story, you will develop a story of how the California condor population changed between 2003 and 2016. Click Next to get started!
Topics and standards: Science, California, Proportion, Extinction, Life Science, Scale, LS2.C, Human Impacts, LS4.C, Biodiversity, HS-LS2-6, Ecosystem Relationships, Analyzing & Interpreting Data, Engaging in Argument from Evidence, Stability & Change, Grades 9-12, Grades 6-8, Quantity, MS-LS2-5, Headlines and Captions, Pacific Region, TEKS Science 6.12.C, TEKS Science 8.12.C, TEKS Science EARTH.6.D, TEKS Science BIO.13.B, ELD-Support, BIO1-LS2-3, 6-LS2-5, 3.1.6-8.U, 3.1.9-12.M