YA Eco Mysteries, Memoirs, Novels & Travel
Writing Eco Mysteries 10
My adventure in writing the eco mystery, The Return of The Red-cockaded Clan, continues at Gwin Elementary School with Traci Knight Ingleright’s “Eco-Brains” fifth graders. You see, in each eco mystery the protagonists help protect an endangered or threatened species. To do this they must solve a complex eco mystery and then take action to save that species. The “bird bag project” the Eco Brains are working on is the missing “action ingredient” I need.
I first heard about the project from Helena Umber Wamble, Education Director of the Birmingham Audubon Society. As a result, I spent a fascinating morning with Mrs. Ingleright’s fifth graders, observing them working on this special project.
With the help of their teacher, they brainstormed a way to design a better bag. They then sent the bags to the biologist for approval and testing. After their bags passed the test, the students have been hard at work making bags.
This is just one of the many projects that has earned the Eco-Brains a Silver Medal from the National Wildlife Federation’s Eco-School program—and the teacher the title of Hoover Elementary School Teacher of the Year. The students’ knowledge of the Red-cockaded Woodpeckers’ habitat and life cycle was impressive. These students’ dedication to becoming wise stewards of our precious natural resources have renewed my creative juices and my commitment to writing eco mysteries for all to enjoy. Thank you! Watch next Blog post for Interviews with Students.
For more information visit:
Birmingham Audubon Society
The Adventures of The Sizzling Six, eco mystery series.