Project WILD: K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide

Project WILD is an interdisciplinary conservation and environmental education program emphasizing wildlife. The goal of Project WILD is to assist students of any age in developing awareness, knowledge, skills and commitment to result in informed decisions, responsible behavior and constructive actions concerning wildlife and environment. Project WILD is based on the premise that young people and their educators have a vital interest in learning about the earth as home for people and wildlife. Wildlife may be as small as a microscopic organism or as large as a great blue whale. Wildlife includes but is not limited to insects, spiders, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and mammals. SECTION ONE covers Ecological Knowledge, introductory lessons that focus on awareness. They are designed to establish a foundation for most of the activities that follow, developing a basis of understanding for the characteristics of environments and how they function. Covers wildlife populations, habitats, interdependence, changes and adaptations and biodiversity. SECTION TWO covers Social and Political Knowledge. SECTION THREE: Sustaining fish and Wildlife Populations.