aquatic wild 2013: a reintroduction for project wild coordinators

Aquatic WILD 2013: A Reintroduction for Project WILD Coordinators

Aquatic WILD History & Goals

1987 First Edition 2000 Revised Project WILD Aquatic as part of

comprehensive PW program evaluation 2013 Expanded Goal: To build on existing

AW materials with emphasis on expanding Field Investigations, STEM and Wildlife Career opportunities

Webinar Goals & Guides

Adaptation: The adjustment or changes in behavior, physiology and structure of an organism (Coordinator) to become more suited to an environment (AW13).

Webinar Goal: Familiarize PW Coordinators with expanded content and updates within the Aquatic WILD 2013 guide in order to assist in the format adaptation of facilitator and educator training experiences.

Behavioral Adaptations

RenamingRelocationsAppendices

Front/Back Content Activity Format incl.In Step with STEM &

WILD WorkOnline Resources

Physiological Adaptations

Field Investigations Expansion

New/Removed Activities

Activities with Content Updates

Structural Adaptations

Facilitator/Educator Training Formats

& Agendas

Fish Ladder SpeechExpanded Field Investigations•8 FI in the Guide; 5 of which are “expanded”

7 NEWActivities

Updated Activity Backgrounds

New Unit Planning Index,

Sustainable Seafood &

Climate Change Reference Material

Front Material Updates(vii) *NEW* “What’s New for Aquatic WILD?” (xi) Moved “Evaluation of PW Materials” previous back material

(xii) *NEW* “Teach Outside!” replaced “Outdoor Classrooms”

(xiv) *NEW* “Aquatic WILD Field Investigations”

(xxvi) Renamed “Organization of This Guide” previous “How to Use…”

(xxviii) *NEW* “Activity Format” Section

Behavioral Physiological Structural

Front Section Removals Include:

PW: Connecting to No Child Left Behind

Just Keep Swimming…


NEW Grade Level Designations & Alignments

Content Area was Subject Area

Method & Materials now in Sidebar

Activity Time was Duration

People Power was Group Size

Terms to Know was Key Terms-- many new Terms!

NEW Opening Statement

NEW WILD Work

NEW In Step with STEM replaced Technology Connections

NEW Questions to Investigate

Student Pages were Copy Me Pages


Allows educators to delve deeper into science, technology, engineering and mathematics content.

STEM extensions makes use of a variety of tools from litmus tests to Smartphones and involve

students in the application of technology, science and math as part of their problem-solving efforts.


A career component added to all activities to tie in real occupations in the field of wildlife

management and conservation with every lesson. Supplementary online resources to use

with WILD Work are linked through an expanded WILD website.


Online Resources

Back Appendices Updates(318) *NEW* “Let’s Go Fishing!” (320) *NEW* “Grade Level Index”

(326) *NEW* “Unit Planning”

(327) *NEW* Additions to “Expanded Topic Index” relating to Field Investigations

(335) *NEW* “Inventory Methods”

(347) *NEW* “Service Learning”

(356) Updated “Benefits of Classroom Aquarium” on enhancement of learning

(358) *NEW* “Sustainable Seafood”

(364) *NEW* “Climate Change Education”

(388) *NEW* “What’s My Question”/ “Conclusions & Next Steps”/ “Data Collection Form”


Appendices Removals Include:

•Making Inferences

•Interviewing People

•Simulated Field Trips


Field Investigations & Expanded Field Investigations


Eight Total Field Investigations- Five are Expanded Field Investigations


Field Investigations & Expanded Field Investigations


8 New Field Investigations/ 3 of these are *NEW* to Aquatic WILD

8 New Field Investigations/ 2 of these were in previous Aquatic WILD but have been modified to an

Expanded Field Investigation

8 New Field Investigations/ 3 of these remain unchanged from previous

Aquatic WILD

Seven *NEW* Aquatic WILD Activities


Students investigate wildlife and signs of wildlife in their schoolyard as well as the locations of water that wildlife might use.

As a method of data collection, students go fishing to investigate local fish species and fish habitat.

Students evaluate habitat in the schoolyard to determine if sources of food, water, shelter are available in the needed arrangement for a specific animal species to survive.

Seven *NEW* Aquatic WILD Activities


Students learn about indicators or vital signs used to gauge the health of streams and rivers, apply their knowledge in analyzing the hypothetical urban waterway and write a prescription for action.

Students create a “water web” to illustrate the interdependence among water users and producers.

Explores occupations in wildlife conservation and involves students in a simulated job fair and interview process. Students research and interview for wildlife-related jobs.

Students plan and promote a PSA informing people about actions they can take to conserve fish and aquatic environments.

Activity Content Updates


Plastic Voyages

•Title change from “Plastic Jellyfish”•Expanded content to include larger issues with marine plastic pollution•Procedures use sand in place of soil

Where Have All the Salmon Gone?

•Updated data change from variety of fish in Columbia River of Oregon to Chinook Salmon in rivers and streams in California’s Central Valley

A Whale of an Issue

•Title change from “When a Whale is Right”•Minor background content and group division changes

Water’s Going On?

•Removed due to similar objectives covered in new activity “Water Works”

Training Adaptations




Training Format Trends

Next Generation Science Standards



Tabbi Kinion (L), Colorado Project WILD

Jen Dennison (R), Ohio Project WILD

Shannon Hafner, Iowa Project WILD

Training Format Trends

Adapting the training model to

include Field Investigations

Thank You WILD!

aquatic wild 2013: a reintroduction for project wild coordinators

Documents

new terms

whats new

expanded wild website

expanded content

revised project wild

expanded goal

expanding field investigations

mathematics content