Students will learn about bird's migrating thousands of miles and where they find a rest stop.  About 45,000 tundra swans, snow geese, and dozens of other bird species travel from Alaska and parts of Canada to spend the winter on North Carolina’s coast.  The Great Migration gives scientists an opportunity monitor the health of the population and how it is adapting to environmental changes.  Students will understand the processes, structures, and functions of living organisms that enable them to survive, reproduce, and carry out the basic functions of life.