In my twelfth grade Literature, History, and Politics of the Environment Class, we were asked to “see” our environment by photographing as many species of birds in as many places as possible. We had to create some sort of presentation that included the binomial nomenclature and facts about each bird, as well as our sense in first “seeing” the bird and then learning about it.
As soon as we were given this assignment, I had the idea to create a website as my presentation platform. I also took the project to the next level by writing and performing a short spoken word poem about each bird and writing a narrative about my journey photographing and “seeing” birds in Central Park.
Sadie Sadler 