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Have you participated in a Project WILD workshop? If
so, please
take a moment to complete our
Project WILD educator survey.
Don't see an upcoming workshop in your area?
Let us know and we can schedule
one for you!
Upcoming Project WILD Workshops
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| What: |
Projects
WILD & Learning Tree Workshop |
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April 24-26, 2009 |
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Custer State Park (Custer) |
| Contact: |
Chad Tussing, (605) 773-2541 |
| Info: |
This workshop will provide some
hands-on field experiences and educational activities designed for teachers
of all ages. Check back later for more info! Minimum of 10 participants;
maximum of 15. |
| Cost*: |
Estimated $65 for lodging and
meals (plus fee for college credit, if desired). |
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*Note: There is no charge for Project WILD
training or materials. Any cost charged to participants is used to cover
extraneous expenses (meals, lodging, college credit, etc.), NOT Project WILD materials.
Project WILD in South Dakota is supported by the Department of Game, Fish &
Parks through the sale of hunting and fishing licenses. |
Project WILD activities are
correlated to state content standards. Click
{here} to see how these
activities can be used to help you meet state standards.
Workshop Options:
| Basic Workshop (K-12 and Aquatic Guides) |
6 hours |
| Flying WILD (focus on birds; 4th grade) |
2 hours |
| Science & Civics (high school) |
6 hours |
| WILD About Mountain Lions |
3 hours |
| WILD About Elk |
3 hours |
All of these workshop options can also be expanded to 15 hours
in order to offer college or renewal credit. Additionally, we can tailor
workshop specifically for your group. Workshops must include a minimum of 10
participants.
New Curricula
WILD
About Mountain Lions
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South
Dakota has a new, state specific curriculum. This guide provides biological,
research, and natural history information, as well as educational activities,
about mountain lions. Each curriculum guide also contains three PowerPoint
presentations about mountain lion myths, biology, and behaviors.
These guides are available
through participation in a free, 3-hour training workshop. These workshops will
be held throughout the state. Check back to this page to see the schedule for
upcoming workshops or contact us
to set up a workshop in your area.
View a
sample activity.
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Flying WILD
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This guide
contains over 40 different activities, all about birds! The Flying WILD
guide also has two new methods for doing activities: volunteer-led and
student-led activities. These activities are designed to be run by students
and volunteers at a bird festival or any other event where you might have
"flow through" visitors. There’s even information in the guide about
organizing such an event.
In order to receive a copy of the guide, you must attend a WILD workshop
which features the guide. This could be either a stand-alone workshop or one
which incorporates activities from the book.
View a
sample activity. |
Science and Civics: Sustaining Wildlife
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Project WILD's new high school
curriculum, Science and Civics: Sustaining Wildlife (S&C), is
designed to serve as a guide for involving students in environmental action
projects aimed at benefiting the local wildlife found in a community. It
involves young people in decisions affecting people, wildlife, and their
shared habitat in the community. S&C taps into students'
desire to be part of a team and into their natural urge to understand, debate,
and resolve real-life issues. Working methodically to achieve a positive result,
students develop a sense of control and success. |
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The program consists of four major
components: 1) Awareness: alerts students to the impact of human
and individual activities on habitat quality and quantity; 2) Participatory
Democracy: develops principles related to government structures and is
appropriate for government and civics units of social studies courses; 3) Habitat
Exploration: studies biotic and abiotic parameters of a site and is
appropriate for ecology and environmental science units of science courses; and
4) Taking Action: guides both science and social studies students
in designing, implementing, and communicating projects to enhance a particular
site.
Examples of student action projects
conducted during pilot testing of the curriculum include: the planning and
construction of school and community wildlife habitats, cross-cultural water
festivals along the Rio Grande River between Texas and Mexico, and impact
studies of airport expansion on wildlife. A common ingredient in all projects is
that they depended on local action to succeed. The end result was that students
could see the impact of their actions and gain confidence that they had made a
difference.
In order to receive a S&C
curriculum guide, you must take part in a WILD workshop that incorporates the
new materials. This can be a special 6-hour workshop specific to S&C
or the materials may be incorporated into a basic 6- or 15-hour workshop.
View a
sample activity.
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For more information about Project WILD,
please contact us at (605) 773-2541.
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