NORTH DAKOTA PROJECT WILD

Summary of Activities for 1998

 

PROJECT WILD/AQUATIC WORKSHOPS

Workshops for teachers are conducted for 6 hours. Each participant receives a copy of the Project WILD and Aquatic guides. Participants also receive a set of posters, coloring book, and WILD/AQUATIC FACTS. This workshop contains five in-service components that provide teachers with hands-on experiences.

The goal is to reach 400 teachers in twenty workshops annually. It is hoped they in turn will work with 10,000 students in classrooms across the state to produce knowledgeable, responsible, and informed citizens. The goal in 1997 is to conduct ten regional facilitator training workshops for 150 minority teachers and one summer workshop to train 75 secondary teachers who will be mentor teachers for other teachers in their schools on Project WILD/Aquatics.

 

WILD BOX

This in-service workshop shows educators how to excite students in learning about animal adaptations. The wild box contains wings, legs, feet, hide, and skulls of mammals, upland game, and aquatic species. A number of activities are contained in a binder for teachers to copy and use.

The objective is to increase the number of activities from the Project WILD book students will use with students.

 

Project FISH (Friends Involved in Sportfishing Heritage)

  1. Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs is an anti-drug program. It is designed to get kids and parents together spending time fishing.
  2. Pathways to Fishing is a program that shows kids and adults how to fish, where to fish, and teaches them about fish and the aquatic environment. It is taught by volunteers.
  3. Take a Kid Fishing is a program which asks civic clubs and other groups such as 4-H clubs to sponsor fishing events such as National Fishing Week and Free Fishing Weekend to get kids out fishing. This program encourages group members to continue to take young people fishing after the introductory event is over so families learn to mentor children in ethical outdoor behavior.
  4. Library Loaner Program is designed to provide rods and reels and tackle boxes to those who do not have access to basic equipment for fishing. The program uses public, school, and college libraries to check out equipment.
  5. Kids Fishing Camp and Outdoor Skills Camps are week-long camps where young people from 8-14 learn about fishing, fish, and water safety. The camps are operated in collaboration with other organizations and state agencies.

Project Aquatics

  1. Project Aquatics was developed by Project WILD. The program is designed to get every teacher in North Dakota to take a six hour workshop and also provides access to free books, posters, videos and other materials for classroom use.
  2. Whale in Our School is a fifty-foot piece of plastic that teachers can use to interest students in learning about water quality and fish habitat. Teachers can only check out the whale from Teacher Learning Centers after they have completed a related workshop.
  3. The WILD and Wetland Boxes are designed to provide hands-on learning experiences by using aquatic animal parts, videos, and collection and water testing equipment. Teachers must attend a workshop before they can check out these resources from Teacher Learning Centers.
  4. The Stream Scene is a program to monitor water quality in rivers of the state. Students who record data will enter it by computer to a central location. This program will be co-sponsored by the State Health Department.
  5. School Yard Habitat is a program that puts habitat on school grounds. The water development component of this program will provide $50 to build small ponds or purchase aquaria for aquatic species.

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