Seabirds and Citizen Science

Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering (BASE)

Hillsboro

Seabird observers comb local beaches looking for dead seabirds to document and add to a database to monitor the environmental health of the seashore. Students from Beaverton Health and Science High School worked with the Coastal Observer and Seabird Survey Team to learn about citizen science in their backyard.

Story produced by Hayden Keizer, Lexis Ross, Bradley Peters, Elly Busteed, Cami Stevens, Hannah Christie, Erkal Hoshmand, Julianna Ivkin and Estephanie Garcia-Vargas at Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering (BASE) in Hillsboro, OR. Instruction provided by STEM SRL Connected Educator Jared Agard.

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