Project WILD workshop to focus on wildlife and more

If you are an educator who has participated in a Project WILD, Project WET or Project Learning Tree workshop, then you are already aware of some of the innovative tools available for teaching science and environmental education to students of all ages.

Now there is one workshop that ties all three “Projects” together with a special focus on literature.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the Idaho Forest Products Commission and the University of Idaho are sponsoring a “Focus on Literature” workshop for educators. This workshop will help teachers link science and environmental education with reading and writing in their classrooms.

A Focus on Literature workshop will be held at the Fish and Game office in Coeur d’Alene, 2885 W. Kathleen Ave. The workshop will run from 8 a.m. through 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3 and again on Thursday, Aug. 4.

Focus on Literature is ideal for any educator-school teachers (K-12), Head Start instructors, 4-H leaders, scoutmasters, docents, afterschool program teachers and home school educators.

Advance registration is required. The registration fee for this workshop is $40.

As an option, participants can attend the workshop for university credit at an additional cost ($60-$75 depending upon institution chosen for credit). An outside assignment is required for those taking it for credit.

Work-shop participants will learn about Idaho’s wildlife, habitats, forests and water resources as well as the value, use and management of those resources.

Participants will also take home a variety of educational materials, including their choice of activity guides from one of the programs (Project WILD, Project WET and Project Learning Tree) as well as posters, books, and a host of other materials, tools and project ideas perfect for any classroom setting.

For more information about this workshop, please contact Idaho Project Wild Coordinator Lori Adams at (208) 287-2889. You can access the registration form via Fish and Game’s website at fishandgame.idaho.gov. Click on “Education,” then “Project Wild.” Sign up under “Specialized” workshops.

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Phil Cooper is a wildlife conservation educator with Idaho Fish and Game in the Panhandle Region.