MAKE YOUR SITE A WILD SCHOOL SITE!
Educators can learn how to improve wildlife habitat on schools grounds and use an outdoor classroom in their everyday curriculum

COLUMBUS, OH – Educators wishing to learn how to increase or enhance wildlife habitat at their school or agency site while still teaching required classroom concepts are encouraged to attend the WILD School Sites educator workshop on Friday, June 20, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Division of Wildlife District One headquarters in Columbus, hosted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

There is no fee for this workshop but pre-registration is required.  For more information, or to sign up, contact Lindsay Deering at (614) 644-3925 or Jen Dennison at (614) 265-6316.

The WILD School Sites program is an action extension of Project WILD, a supplementary, multi-disciplinary environmental education program that is used to teach science, math, language arts, and many other school subjects with wildlife management concepts as its basis.  WILD School Sites allows the student to take what they have learned from their classrooms and apply it to the creation of wildlife habitat on their school grounds.  And like Project WILD, the projects and activities students use on their WILD School Site can help them achieve better understanding in any subject. 

WILD School Sites are also called land labs, habitats for learning, outdoor classrooms, and school nature areas.  But whatever the name, the concept is the same: to provide students an opportunity to learn in a more creative environment at the same time they are providing quality habitat for wildlife.