Going WILD!

WILD Education introductory workshop

Date | Location

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 Workshop Agenda (morning)

List your agenda here!

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 Workshop Agenda (afternoon)

List your agenda here!

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 Why are we here?

• Goal: demonstrate how to use the

WILD Education activity guides in your
educational context

• Prepare you to run the activities with

your students/youth

• Discover additional CWF Education

resources

• Have fun!

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 The Canadian Wildlife Federation

Established in 1962 and representing more than 400,000 supporters coast to coast, the
Canadian Wildlife Federation is Canada’s largest conservation organisation.

Our strategic pillars:

•Connecting Canadians to nature
Through education, engagement and awareness programs.
•Maintaining healthy wildlife populations
CWF science and research programs work to find solutions to challenges faced by our
wildlife populations.
•Conserving and restoring wildlife habitat
CWF programs help individuals, industry and government to engage in
conserving Canada’s future.

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• A family of conservation Training

education programs:
o Project WILD
Respect
o Below Zero Network
o Wild about Sports
WILD
• Programs have been tested and Education
evaluated to ensure sound
pedagogical foundations Links with
Resources school
curriculum

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 Structure of Wild Education

Wildlife and environment

Stimulate awareness and appreciation

Develop knowledge and skills
Awareness

Engage
Action

Responsible decision-making
Responsible actions

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 Project WILD

• Developed in the US in the 1980s

• Canadian Project WILD:
o Developed in 1982, launched 1984
o CWF program ever since
• Can be integrated into academics
o All subjects, all grades, all ages
• Focus on
o All non-domestic animals
o Microscopic to megafauna
• Contains 121 activities

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 Below Zero

• 46 activities to complement Project WILD

o Focus on winter conditions
o Arctic environment

• Developed by CWF with Canadian partners

o Developed in 1996, piloted from
1998-2000
o Launched in 2003

• Can be integrated into academics

o All grades, all subjects, all ages

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Structure of Project WILD and
Below Zero

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 Wild about Sports

• Developed by the Canadian Wildlife Federation

with partners such as Paddle Canada and Sail
Canada.
• Designed to give outdoor educators and formal
teachers the confidence and tools to include
conservation themes while working with youth on
or around water.
• Wild about Sports includes a range of resources:
o Online resources
o Best Practice booklet
o Student certificates of completion and manual
o CWF and partners specialists

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Wild about Sports:
Four Simple education concepts
 CWFEducation.ca

Online resources:
•Curriculum fit
•Resource centre
o Download activities
o Videos
o Order posters
•Users must sign-up to have
access to all resources

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 National education programs

Some examples include:

•Wild Pedagogies
•Wild Grants
•Wild Spaces
•Wild Outside
•Wild Webinars
•Bioblitz
•Wild about Gardening
•Wild Family Nature Clubs

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 The workshop - Peer Teaching

• In pairs, select an activity based on your

interests, the age group or subject
matter you work with.
• Prep time: 20 minutes
• You will have 5 minutes to explain how
to run the activity to the group.
• Include two adaptations or variations for
different age groups or settings (urban
vs. rural, camp, Girl Guides, etc.)

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 Peer Teaching

If desired, provide a list of activities for peer teaching groups to choose

from. Include page numbers.

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 Want more WILD Education?

• Upcoming facilitator training weekend:

o Date
• For more information, email:
o cwfeducation@cwf-fcf.org
o Your email address, if desired

Thanks for coming!

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