Track YOUR Migration!
Developed by Justina Parsons, Bernstein, 2008, Director, Great Salt Lake Nature Center
(You Can Print This Form Out or Copy It and Save It on Your Computer)
For the next four days YOU are going to track YOUR MIGRATIONS.
You will need to pay special attention to where you go to eat, learn, sleep, play and wash-up.
You will need to record how you get to these places, how long it took you to get there, how
long you stay at them and how many people were there with you.
Day One
DAY OF WEEK/DATE_______________________,_______/______/_________ TIME_________:__________ a.m./p.m.
Where are you?_____________________________________ Who is with you?_______________________________________
What are you doing? _______________________________________________________________________________________
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How did you get here?______________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?_________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?_______________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?_____________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?_____________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
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How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
END OF DAY REFLECTION: Write about the following topic—“What did I eat today and where (different state or country)
did that food come from and how would it affect me if I actually had to go to those different states or countries to get
that food in order to eat?” How does your life compare to a migratory bird’s life in this way?
Day Two
DAY OF WEEK/DATE_______________________,_______/______/_________ TIME_________:__________ a.m./p.m.
Where are you?_____________________________________ Who is with you?_______________________________________
What are you doing? _______________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?______________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?_________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?______________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?_____________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?______________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
END OF DAY REFLECTION: Write about the following topic—“What modes of transportation did I use
to move from one place to another today and what types of fuel did these modes of transportation require
and what did it cost to move me from place to place?” Then write about how your life compares to a
migratory bird’s life in this way.
Day Three
DAY OF WEEK/DATE_______________________,_______/______/_________ TIME_________:__________ a.m./p.m.
Where are you?_____________________________________ Who is with you?_______________________________________
What are you doing? _______________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?______________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?_________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?_______________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?_____________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?_____________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
END OF DAY REFLECTION: Write about the following topic—“Who was I around today and how did they
help me: 1. Learn; 2. Get to the places I needed to go; 3. Provide me things to eat; 4. Have fun and play?”
Then write about whether or not you could have done these things totally on your own.” Then write about
how your life compares to a migratory bird’s life in this way.
Day Four
DAY OF WEEK/DATE_______________________,_______/______/_________ TIME_________:__________ a.m./p.m.
Where are you?_____________________________________ Who is with you?_______________________________________
What are you doing? _______________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?______________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?_________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?_______________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?_____________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
Why are you changing location?______________________________________________________________________________
TIME_________:__________ Where are you?______________________________Who is w/you?______________________
How far away are you from the last place you were?______________________________________________________________
What are you doing? ______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you get here?_____________________________________________________________________________________
How long did you stay here?________________________________________________________________________________
END OF DAY REFLECTION: Write about the following topic—“How many times a day do you change
location? Why? How many times a week do you change location? Why? How many times a year do
you change location? Why?” Then write about how your life compares to a migratory bird’s life in this way.
DAY FIVE—Putting It All Together For Discussion
You have just finished tracking your own migrations for four days and comparing your migrations to
those of migratory birds’. Here are some things to discuss about that exercise:
1. What was the most surprising thing you learned by tracking your own migrations?
2. Now that you have looked at your migration patterns, is there anything you would change about them? Why or why not?
3. How are your migrations SIMILAR to bird migrations?
4. How are your migrations DIFFERENT from bird migrations?
5. Would you rather be a human or a migratory bird? WHY?
PLEASE email me, Justina, (the Director of the Great Salt Lake Nature Center) with you answers to the questions above
at: jparsonsbernstein@utah.gov. I will put some of your answers on the From My Way to the Flyway webpage!!!