Project WILD
by attending one six-hour Project WILD workshop you will get:
- curriculum guides containing more than 150 activities
- correlations to the Show-Me Standards
- access to a network of educators linked by a common interest
- ways to take advantage of children's natural interest in WILD life
- a curriculum easily adaptable to many settings, with appeal to children of all ages, backgrounds and learning styles
- hands-on, fun and interdisciplinary activities
With WILD, Students Will:
- predict the effect of habitat loss on migrating waterfowl in "Migration Headache"
- chart the growth rate of a WILD life population in "Turkey Trouble"
- discover creative writing skills in "Animal Poetry"
- calculate water use in "Water's Going On?!"
- map rainfall and vegetative cover in "Rainfall and the Forest"
additional education opportunities:
Contact the WILD office for additional conservation education programs. Among them are:
- conservation workshops for educators
- conservation-related curriculum
- audiovisual and printed resources
- Discovery Trunks
- aquatic resource education materials
- Project Learning Tree
Project WILD Aquatic
- Forty more activities emphasizing aquatic WILDlife and ecosystems
- Contains aquatic extensions referenced in WILD guide
- Aquatic guide is included in a six-hour workshop
- Based on the same themes and concepts as the WILD guide
- Offers opportunities for thematic units, research projects and field studies
How to join a WILD workshop:
Contact the WILD office at (573) 522-4115 x 3175 or e-mail at briedi.scott@mdc.mo.gov or print out this page, fill out the following information and mail to:
Project WILDc/o Missouri Department of Conservation
P.O. Box 180
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180
I'm interested in:
a six-hour WILD educator workshop
a combination PLT, WILD or W.E.T. workshop
becoming a WILD facilitator
giving financial support/sponsoring a workshop
Name:_____________________________________________________________________
Address:___________________________________________________________________
City:______________________________________________________________________
State:______________________________ Zip:____________________________________
Telephone:__________________________E-Mail:_________________________________
WILD is sponsored by:
- Missouri Departments of Conservation
- Natural Resources
- Elementary and Secondary Education
- and others who have an interest in conservation and education.
