Resources for Educators

Find creative ways to teach science, math or language arts; connect your students with nature; or learn new outdoor skills all within these pages. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission offers many programs that can enhance your teaching while introducing students to interesting and engaging aspects of fish and wildlife. Browse the sites on the right hand menu and see all the ways you can introduce something wild into your teaching.

Highlights include:

Project WILD is a K-12, interdisciplinary conservation education program emphasizing wildlife.

Schoolyard Wildlife Project is designed to move students outdoors to investigate the ecological world of common plants and animals right there in the schoolyard.

The Florida Black Bear Curriculum Guide is a series of field tested, multi-disciplinary lessons about Florida's black bear designed for grades 3-8.

The National Archery in the Schools Program is designed to teach international style target archery in 4th-12th grade physical education classes.

Joe Budd Aquatic Education Center provides an opportunity for students to learn about aquatic ecology in a natural setting.

Jr. Hunter Safety includes a series of three courses about firearm safety, outdoor ethics and conservation for grades K-5.

At MarineQuest School Daze students in grades 4-8 tour lab stations and hands-on displays at FWC's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.