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DANVILLE, Calif. -- It's not often a lesson plan gets a whole classroom so excited that students give themselves extra work. But that's what has been happening regularly in Sara Stinson's science class at John Baldwin Elementary School in Danville, California.
The excitement revolves around Jackie and Shadow, a pair of bald eagles in Big Bear Valley. A webcam points at their nest 24 hours a day.
"When I found out about the Jackie and Shadow camera, I started watching it in all of my classes," Stinson said.
The lives of Jackie and Shadow fit right in with Stinson's unit on life cycles.
"We get to see the eagles set up their nest, then we get to see them lay eggs and then we get to see the eggs hatch and the chicks grow," Stinson said
The concern is not just the bald eagles. Big Bear Valley is home to rare plants like the Ash-gray Indian paintbrush and the area is considered a biodiversity hotspot.
While the development would not directly threaten the tree where Jackie and Shadow have their nest, it will impact their hunting grounds.
"Jackie and Shadow use the area extensively for perching and foraging for food. That is their chosen nesting place," added Voisard.
So far, Friends of Big Bear Valley has raised a quarter of the $10 million needed to buy the land before the July 31 deadline.
Students in Stinson's class get daily updates on the fundraising.
"Every class, first through fifth grade, comes in and one of their first questions is how much money have we raised?" Stinson said.
Voisard says that if Friends of Big Bear Valley can't raise the full $10 million in the next three months, the group plans to take out loans and pay the debt off with more fundraising.
"Failure is not an option," Voisard said.
For more information on the fundraiser, go to savemooncamp org

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